Uber Ratings and Tipping

The cluster focuses on debates about Uber's bidirectional rating system for drivers and passengers, tipping expectations, penalties for drivers rejecting rides, and how these mechanisms compare to traditional taxis or enforce good behavior.

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Sample Comments

jandrese • Aug 1, 2023 • View on HN

I thought Uber drivers had to accept each trip manually? If the trip is bad why would they accept it in the first place?

CamperBob2 • Sep 30, 2018 • View on HN

I thought that was the whole idea behind Uber, no more taxi scams. Might as well just call a Yellow cab, if drivers are going to pull this kind of thing.

brianwawok • Jan 30, 2017 • View on HN

You can vote out bad Uber drivers. Can't do that with bad taxi drivers

johnnyo • Jun 21, 2017 • View on HN

Doesn't Uber allow drivers to rate passengers as well? Couldn't drivers give low ratings to bad tippers?

mmel • Mar 16, 2017 • View on HN

Won't peole rate uber drivers who do this poorly?

birdyrooster • Aug 6, 2022 • View on HN

what if your uber driver turns it on?

cmahler7 • Apr 6, 2017 • View on HN

it will be hard to find an uber if drivers get tired of being ripped off

sincerely • May 9, 2019 • View on HN

You get banned from Uber if you do that, no?

tlrobinson • Jan 27, 2016 • View on HN

Uber fires drivers with low ratings, so you do, just not directly.

pizza • Dec 20, 2016 • View on HN

Is there something akin to a city's uber manager that all drivers have to report to for the sake of noticing if someone should _not_ be driving for uber?