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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by mahyarm on Friday February 24, 2017 @12:47AM (#13721370)
They have somewhere to go to and by the time they drop you off at SFO, they wont be able to make their appointment. Or they don't want to be stuck in inefficient traffic.

Also incentives are based on trip count, not trip length as far as I understand.

It's a problem that needs to be fixed in big cities with these apps.

But the reason why they reject in these cases has nothing really to do with the person, but the action/destination. Definitely an improvement.

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Re:An Open Letter to the Uber Board and Investors by wastedhours on Friday February 24, 2017 @05:44AM (#13722555)
Yeah, that really surprised me when I saw an ad for driver recruitment that the initial incentive is a trip count one. Sure they have some anti-abuse system in there, but seems like a weird one to lead with in big cities where you could rack up 20 short trips in quick succession.
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