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Re:Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San ... by kevingadd on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:02AM (#13182565)
If a driver's average rating drops below around 4.5 they get kicked off. By design you can't give a driver less than 5 unless you want them to lose their job.
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Re:Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San ... by notyourwork on Thursday December 15, 2016 @12:50AM (#13182740)
Why do you phrase this in a way that implies that is my problem? That is a mechanism Uber created because of the problem I originally called out.

If we didn't have this rating problem, 4.5 threshold would probably be much closer to the 50%.

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Re:Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San ... by cmurf on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:48AM (#13182928)
It's your problem because of the knowledge you now have. 1-3 stars are masturbatory bullcrap, the actual rating system is binary.

Similar problem many professors face in schools with grade inflation. You are not holding any system accountable by using your own sensible scale instead of the one that matters, you're just punishing the student.

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