Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by Slartie on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:15PM
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That's because the riders have always dumbed down the 5-star system into a binary "one-star-or-no-star" system since the inception of Uber. Uber thus had no choice than to set the cutoff at this number.
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Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:19PM
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Uber had the choice to drop the 5-star system and replace it with a thumbs up/thumbs-down system, or a minus/check/plus system, or a “click this if your ride sucked” system.
Uber had lots of other choices, too.
Re:Uber will start deactivating riders with low ratings
by Slartie on Wednesday May 29, 2019 @07:36PM
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True, and I would like any of those better than the idiocy that is the 5-star system. But the "no choice" statement was directed at where they set the cutoff in their existing system. With their lie of a rating system, they have to set the cutoff at that point, or they would either not even ban the worst offenders or end up with no drivers at all.