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Uber introduces surge pricing in downtown Sydney during hostage siege -- (link)

Posted by Remlik (aka remlik) Dec 14 '14, 18:52

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link (mashable.com)

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Listen, Uber management appear to be shitty people, but that title makes it sound like an active decision when I'm sure it was not. - ty97 Dec 14, 18:54 16
- i bet management has nothing to do with using that algorithm in the first place -- nm - DaneDukeNuuk Dec 14, 20:04
- You are correct. It's all algorithm. -- nm - MDH Dec 14, 19:07
- granted. But someone at Uber should have been on top of this. Clearly no one is. -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 18:55 13
  - a well-written algorithm would alert someone when a surge like that happened at an odd time. but yeah, let's not chalk it up to evil when incompetence - mafic Dec 14, 19:14 9
    - Uber made a statement (well a tweet). They are standing my the surge pricing to get more drivers (the replies will get interesting I'm sure) -- (link) - ty97 Dec 14, 19:20 8
      - This is a good idea. We'll be sending in some high priced comfort women to help as well. -- nm - Buber Dec 14, 19:31
      - yeah, that's asinine. they could accomplish the same thing by increasing the drivers' share of the fares. - mafic Dec 14, 19:27 6
        
        Now I'm confused. Appears Uber rides *from* CBD are now free, but surge pricing in effect to get rides *into* CBD? -- (link) - ty97 Dec 14, 19:37 5
        
        better! -- nm - mafic Dec 14, 20:09
        
        the pr firm handling the twitter feed needs to eb fired -- nm - Remlik Dec 14, 19:43
        
        In other words, Uber is paying the fairs instead of the passengers. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 19:38 2
        
        fairs? fares. -- nm - Beryllium Dec 14, 19:38 1
        
        That's fair. -- nm - ty97 Dec 14, 19:51
  - It's and interesting conundrum. Surge pricing is designed to convince more drivers to get to demand spots. - ty97 Dec 14, 18:56 2
    - if only there are some way to increase supply without pushing the costs on to the consumer! -- nm - Reagen Dec 14, 18:59 1
      - lol -- nm - znufrii, bachelor of science Dec 14, 19:07
"Includes No Device Onboard Guarantee" -- nm - Ultron Dec 14, 18:52

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