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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by josephorjoe on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @12:19PM (#20042079)
There is a big difference between individual taxi drivers refusing to take a specific fare at a specific moment in time and a company that controls a large percentage of ground transportation denying someone access to it forever.

It's like the difference between an injury and a chronic disease.

Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by pkaye on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @02:29PM (#20043680)
So if Uber taxi drivers made their own decision based on a aggregate score history you would be fine?
Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by Broken_Hippo on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:45PM (#20044520)
No, I think they should be fired and not allowed to work in public transportation for some time, and only then after some rehab/training. People can change, after all. But this is a different issue with different sorts of solutions.

It is really more like having one cashier at a grocery store refuse to ring you up as opposed to the grocery store chain not allowing you inside because the cashiers decided you weren't delightful enough, even if that was because your child was loud a few times.

When it is the cashier, you have a bit of recourse, after all. When it is the chain, you have very little recourse and not only that, but now you have to figure out where else to shop. It might not be so bad in a town with many grocery stores, but it'll be mighty inconvenient if you have to drive to the next town to shop.

Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by josephorjoe on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @03:29PM (#20044348)
No. I'm not even sure that is a different class of problem.

I'm generally not a big fan of database driven black lists.

They have all the problems of bad decisions individuals make with much more impact and much less recourse.

Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings by whiddershins on Thursday May 30, 2019 @06:03PM (#20056368)
Actually that would be much better, right?