There have been a few drivers that were deactivated directly after saying something about Uber on this website. Uber said it was something they posted online when they asked why they were deactivated.I never minded the obvious fact that they likely troll this site to get info on driver trends, but knowing that they actually might have access to our email addresses and other info kind of gives me the heebies!
It wouldn't surprise me that if they didn't own it from the beginning, they very well may have offered the moderator a big chunk of change to buy it out.