[Optimus Uber]

For those who know me and those who don't .
I've been driving uber for the past 3 years , and I'm the FIRST one to about fuber wrong doings ..

But ... All the threads and speculations and calculations about hourly guarantee pay vs. medal pay ... I call BS

listen , I'm on hourly for few good weeks now .. And yes some nights are better then the other ... But there i have NO PROBLEM getting pings even though I'm on "hourly" promo ...

I drive select .. And sometimes I switch to x when it's surging or when I just feel I need a little shake n bake instead idling ... Boom I get plenty of uber x pings !!!
I mean it ... And once again ... I'd be happy to hop on the wagon of at uber ...

But all u professors are doing the wrong math !!!

Oh wait ... I'm getting stacked x pings in ... The valley ......

Ugh ... What is the lesson we learned today class ???

Pings in core la ? Nooooo
Pings elsewhere ? Yesssss

Good class , good ..

What needs to happen to make y'all understand that all u gotta do is open the damn passenger app and compare areas with ants before u head there ?

I've seen spreadsheets .. People come up here and say their friends and cousins tried to ping them blah blah ...

Guys guys guys ... Yes uber manipulate where the pings go to ... At times ... BUT it has nothing to do with the different promos !

Don't believe me ? Try it to yourself leave core la and make sure u are not surrounded by ants and u are gewd ta go !

And btw... I had few select pings this week from 10 min away ... And I immediately opened the passenger app to see if there's closer select cars to the ping and yes they were ... But I still got it ! And I'm on hourly .. Not medal ... And no my rating isn't 4.9

I agree with you 200%.

They have made these assumptions about medals and hourly with nothing to back it up other than they just suck at getting pings.

The sample size is non-relevant to how many drivers are in the market. They took a pole of 15 drivers in a market of 60,000 drivers. Sorry, not only is their assumption beyond ignorant, their data to back up their alleged findings is a joke. 15 drivers does not make a scientific pole.

We all know you have to be in the right spot at the right time. Space yourself away from everyone.

It's the same thing where everyone thinks they are all great drivers. "I'm a 4.6 but that BS." Is it now. Then why are people 4.7, 4.8,4.9. I'm even tired of reading how great everyone is at driving and it's everyone else's fault they're a 4.6. Let's face it, you people need a dose of reality. If you're being deactivated it's because you suck. There's nothing else to state. Too many driver are above 4.9. They drive the same people you drive. Don't need to hear BS how it's everybody else. You just suck at the job.

Unfortunately, there are so many egos on here people just can't admit they don't know how to do the job.

It's not just turning on and driving around.

I call BS too on the pings. I haven't been having any issues. I think I'm on silver. Not sure. I don't try to medal. I just make what I want to make then call it day.

I didn't post in that thread because it was just a bunch of stupid and I didn't have the patience or for that matter wanted to waste my time reading all that stupid.

 

[Optimus Uber]

Why don't we meet up somewhere and I'll stand next to you while you send an X request and watch it go to someone 8 minutes away?

Assuming you are talking to the OP since you didn't reply to any other poster.

There is a way to get priority pings over others. It has nothing to do with medals or hourly. I would share, just not feeling appreciated at this point, so the rest of you rocket scientist can figure it out for yourselves.

 

[Optimus Uber]

Doesn't really matter if it's you, OP, or anyone else that wants to test this theory.

There's more to it.

I bet if I stood right next to you and you pinged me on X, I would get it and I don't even drive X. I would dust off the old profile and log into X but just for this experiment. Let me know when you have time. I will easily disprove this theory. I may even share the reason why, but only if you are nice.

 

[Optimus Uber]

Lol true that Optimus Uber

Btw if we are talking conspiracies ( which I love to discuss ... As I think 9/11 was an inside job and mass shootings are at times government created ) I think that ping priorities goes into a good mix of some uber algorithm BIGGER then we think ..

So if I were to smoke a doobie ( which I don't )
I would then say that ping priority algorithm deep inside uber secret bunker goes like that -

A combination of ---
1. Your 5 star comments ( shows how you are REALLY likely when someone appreciates your ride ). Aka quality of service ...

2. How u rate your RIDERS ( yes .. Believe it or not ... I'm sure uber pays attention to this ... Keep in mind that pax are the one feeding uber and us ... So they wanna make sure pax are happy with their ratings ...

3. Location ( somewhat )

4. Matching pings with previous riders ( happens to me quite a bit lately ). .. That builds good repor on the customer side

5. If your car is moving or not ...
If u are driving 70 on the fwy and there's a car idle the ping will go there )

And 6 .... If u write an email to uber saying "hey I don't get pings " ... Cuz 3 years of experience.. When I do that ... Shazam .. Pings starts coming in

So ya ... U might think I'm high bringing those points up ... But throug massive experience with uber .. Plus common sense .. And also KEEPING IN MIND THAT CUSTOMERS FAVORS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO UBER ... Then those conspiracies about pings might actually be true
..

For example ... Every time I get a nice 5 star comment from pax ... I feel like I have 3-4 glory days from uber where I get nice select pings coming my way even if I'm not the nearest ant ....

#2 and 4 are key.

 

[Optimus Uber]

No substantiated proof Optimus. You gotta have data and proof to back up your claims, of which you have none. No assumptions have been made. There is proof, but if you want to remain ignorant that's fine. You full timers would be much less happy without a metal driving around the core, I'll tell ya that right now.

Right back at you avocado. Your thread has no substantiated proof. Just a bunch of hearsay from a handful of drivers that think they have some conspiracy theory.
What they really need are head Meds to curb the paranoia.

 

[Optimus Uber]

Because of this, do you tend to always rate pax 5 stars then?

Try it for two weeks and come back and let us know if you have noticed an increase or decrease in pings.

You can be the judge. You'll know first hand. No reason to ask me what I do. You have the power and ability to figure out if it's true.

Two weeks. Give every passenger 5*'s then come back and let us know if it has helped your quantity of pings.