Audax has always been technology-driven. The arrival of widespread photocopying in the 1980s was a good fit with the the need to produce small runs of printed documents. That technology was common to a whole range of activist-led groups, and dictated the structure of newsletters and communication through the mail.
The early days of the internet duplicated those established structures, and offered the chance offload the printing onto the end-user. Developments have gradually done away with the need for paper at all, relevant data can be on 'devices'.
One result of the de-linking of activities from hard copy is that information that used to be restricted to the printed page can be distributed more easily. Someone can be inspired by a run or a ride, download the route, record their own individual 'participation', upload it to Strava or the like, link to Facebook, and point to their achievement.
Whether that undermines clubs which are founded on validating 'challenges' is the interesting point. Validation usually requires adherence to some ethical constructs, and often has implicit rules about modesty. Part of the function of validation is to draw attention to personal achievements without seeming to be showing-off.
The current trends in technology lead away from a culture of activist moderation towards self-promoting freeloaders. The central problem is whether that trend undermines the desire of the activists to continue with organising the activities. We do occasionally see the exasperation from organisers when someone asks for a GPS track so they can do their own version of a ride.
The era when the photocopier played a central role was relatively short-lived, New technologies create new ways of working.