Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles

Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by jeffwass on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:10AM (#13772155)

> I don't like having to judge someone's service, and decide how much it's appropriate to tip them based on some unwritten societal rule

I use neither Uber nor Lyft, so may wrong here, but don't both services strongly encourage passengers to rate drivers based on the quality of the ride?

Why is it awkward to judge someone based on a tip, but not on attribution of stars?

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Re:Lyft Is Said to Seek New Funding as Its Rival Uber Stumbles by kemayo on Thursday March 02, 2017 @02:24AM (#13772232)

I didn't say the rating wasn't also awkward. Though that's sort or convenient in its way, once you understand its unwritten social rule, since that boils it down to me just having to make a snap decision of "was this ride bad enough that I want this driver to get fired? If so... 4 stars."

(Yes, I think the 1-5 star rating scheme has its own notable flaws based on how Uber seems to use it.)

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