What. Am I time shifting? Caught in a causality loop? A wormhole? This is a new feature here. Haven't tried it yet. Anyone else been using it?
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Lyft now allowing drivers to geo-fence their driving area?
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About a week ago. I noticed it on the app first, and then a couple of days later I started getting messages from lyft that this was now a thing. The only thing different about the new version is that it allows you
to stay local......which is odd to me, because if you just wanted too stay local.....why use a destination filter at all?
Just for the record.....the destination filter on the lyft app has always worked for me, It does send you in the direction you've entered.....unlike the uber filter, which just sends you in any direction they want you to go.
Looks looks like you dont have gold. That could be the reason.
(If when you tap Feedback and Rewards, you then tap Your Feedback instead of Your Rewards, you will see the score a different way. Then tap View Details to see the breakdown I posted. That will let you see if there is one scoring category that is blocking you as well.)
Not sure of your question. If you want to stay local, using the geo-fencing feature simply enforces that. You wont get pings from or to outside the circumference you set. Double helpful if the app is not showing destination info.
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Sure enough. You guys have been spared the voodoo screwed up Bizarro scoring algo. In that case since some in your locale have it, and some don't, it may be based upon gold status. Or as a beta only select ants were given the feature.
This is what the feedback screen looks like in California...
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This is what the feedback screen looks like in California...
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I'm in DC market, and just updated the app, but haven't driven for Lyft for a month.
Saw the perimeter option yesterday, haven't used it
Do not have the new Driving Score thing
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Saw the perimeter option yesterday, haven't used it
Do not have the new Driving Score thing
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I guess i was just thinking that if you don't want to go out of your area, first of all don't accept any "long trip" requests, and secondly, if you only want to stay in a small "comfort zone".....well.....this might not be the right job for you. I have a different style of ride sharing than a lot of people on this forum. My feeling is that if you're going to go out there, it's kind of silly to limit yourself to a couple of mile area. You'd be missing out on a lot of work. I don't do "long distance" rides any more, but I thrive on 15-20 minute rides.....as many as I can get....and they add up real nice, and there's very often rides connecting close to where I drop. I use the filter when it's later in the day (I only work days) and I've just finished a half hour or so ride, to get back in the direction of my house. Some people here always seem to want to get back in the direction of their house.....and, I just don't get that. Once I get in my car.....I'm out there, and I go wherever the rides take me. Again, I don't always have to be going back to where I came from.
Yes. I see your point. And, if you can see both the pickup and destination when the trip is advertised, you can essentially be you own geofence to fit your style, and actually that gives more flexibility than a perfect 360 degree circle wrapped around you.
But destination is not always available. On Uber, if you decline 5 of 10 rides you lose dest. If I could fence off uber rides that I don't desire, that would greatly enhance the app experience for me. My AR would stay high, and thus destinations would always be exposed.
But sticking with Lyft, the place where geofencing may work well is for rides that get queued up behind the ride you are already on, where dest is not advertised. Currently I have to go offline when on a trip to avoid getting slammed with an undesirable ride (the metrics are not profitable). Which means I am potentially missing out on ideal rides (I like the 15-20 minute trips too). I am hopeful that if I'm fenced the undesirable rides will not get auto-queued.
And Lord, if erecting a fence eliminates, or at least mitigates, the dreaded Switcheroo, then I'm a fan of this new feature!
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Amen to that! The Switcheroo is incredibly dangerous, because 1) anything that takes your eyes off the road is potentially dangerous.
Let's all admit that sometimes we tell ourselves "I'm in traffic but I'll just look at my phone for a second," but then we see something we didn't expect or don't like, and we end up looking at the damn thing for more than a "second," which is Bad.
2) the Switcheroo is incredibly frustrating (several times I've been within a block of a pax and get switched to somebody far away) and A Frustrated Driver Is A Dangerous Driver. Frustrated drivers will often ignore their surroundings out of impatience/anger and then -- Wham! accident.
One of the most common examples of this is when people are in a left lane at a light, the left lane allows left turn or straight through the intersection, and the car in front of you does not have a turn signal on, indicating they are going straight. Then the light turns green, THEN the front car puts their turn signal on. People behind that car will get frustrated and dangerously change into the right lane, and cause accidents or near misses. I've been sideswiped this way by a car that then drove off.
Started showing details on my Lyft app today, doesn’t give details on the payout and the pickup time was moved
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I still don't have this (in Chicago). Even after updating to latest version of the Lyft Driver app. I'm on Android.
You seem to get stuff late. Did you get anything on the Uber upfront trips yet
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Yes, I seem to be all caught up on those Uber Upfront Fare notifications and Quests, etc.
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Yeah, I've never had destination on either uber or lyft. Not once ever. Guess my status precludes that. I can see how helpful it would be, and the earning potential....but...haven't been able to achieve it. Not that I've been trying that hard. Lately, my uber acceptance rate hovers around 30%, and cancellation rate circles 20%. That seems to be the best I'm ever going to do. I know that I'd make less money in the short run if I wasted my time accepting all the crap they send my way, and I just haven't been able to bring myself to do it. Ya, fencing off uber rides that we don't desire would make this a much much better gig for me alright.
That annoying as *** habit lyft has of adding another ride in that small small space, where you only have 5 seconds to decline, on that tiny little button that is almost invisible, while you have a passengers is the bane of my existence. I hate them for that.....and yeah....the only way to avoid it is to sign off right after accepting a ride. Pain in my ass. And the switcheroo? Screw that crap. Out of spite....and to mess with lyft, I cancel any switcheroo that they dish out.
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Not 1 DF ever on either app? That's truly strange. Never heard of that one.
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