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Uber to Ban Riders with Low Ratings.
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It made it to national news last evening. Our local NBC affiliate (Cleveland, OH) did a story and one of the newscasters revealed how proud she was of her 5 star rider rating. So free publicity for Uber. However with that said, the reason Uber hasn't declared a cut off number is for the same reason they don't reveal driver cut offs. It varies by geography. Certain local standards and expectations within different communities have proven that individuals rate either more liberally or more harshly based on their local standards and expectations. So while a driver in NY with a 4.6 might be okay, it would not be okay in Boston. (just an example, no harm, no foul).... LOL.. and it's the same affect experienced in rider ratings. They establish a community "norm average" and then establish the cut-off number.
However with that said, it only goes to show how tilted and inaccurate the rating system actually is, su…
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It made it to national news last evening. Our local NBC affiliate (Cleveland, OH) did a story and one of the newscasters revealed how proud she was of her 5 star rider rating. So free publicity for Uber. However with that said, the reason Uber hasn't declared a cut off number is for the same reason they don't reveal driver cut offs. It varies by geography. Certain local standards and expectations within different communities have proven that individuals rate either more liberally or more harshly based on their local standards and expectations. So while a driver in NY with a 4.6 might be okay, it would not be okay in Boston. (just an example, no harm, no foul).... LOL.. and it's the same affect experienced in rider ratings. They establish a community "norm average" and then establish the cut-off number.
However with that said, it only goes to show how tilted and inaccurate the rating system actually is, subject to abuse and inconsistencies, and works against both the drivers and possibly the riders.
If anything ever causes Uber to update their rating system, it will be CUSTOMER complaints. Hopefully the results would benefit both the drivers as well as the passengers.
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I read that driver can also leave comments for their riders? I don't think I have ever seen a comment from a driver on my profile.
I have a 4.5 rating as a rider and still no word from Uber. 😜
They are only doing it because of that Lyft driver getting assulted. They have no intention on deactivating riders. Just trying to make drivers think they care
They are getting assaulted by the NEMT accounts.
Considering the article says that "Uber will not disclose how low a rider’s rating has to be in order to get booted from the platform " I am guessing this is pretty fake. They won't actually delete riders...
My opinion is they will do the same to the drivers . In NYC because of congestion and ongoing problems of too too many TLC cars they will eliminate Uber X and promote the elite platform at a higher rate of course.
They already do deactivate drivers with low ratings...