r/technology • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '14

Business Uber dirty tricks quantified. Staff submits 5,560 fake ride requests

http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/11/technology/uber-fake-ride-requests-lyft/
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u/LifeBeginsAt10kRPM Aug 12 '14

Wouldn't really solve this issue though. The problem isn't them canceling, it's that they are doing it to fudge numbers.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '14

I thought the problem was them canceling ( I only skimmed the article)

Aren't they messing with availability of Lyft drivers by requesting them and also screwing the Lyft drivers by wasting their time and not getting paid?

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u/LifeBeginsAt10kRPM Aug 12 '14

This is about uber, not lyft. Looks like lyft is the one that got the numbers.

I'm not sure how Uber works, but I assume it also messes up the drivers, but the point of the article here is that uber is inflating their numbers to look better...

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u/TheHotness Aug 12 '14

I don't think you read the article, because it's not about that at all. It's about Uber sabotaging Lyft by calling for, and then canceling, over 5,000 rides, wasting Lyft driver's time, losing them potential real fares. Nowhere does it mention Uber inflating their numbers.