[Deegizzle]

I received these two reservation requests yesterday at around the same time, and I did them both this morning. I have always wondered…what type of formula are they using to determine the value of these things?

How is this one 3.5 mile ride worth more than one from 25 miles out?

 

[Heisenburger]

what type of formula are they using to determine the value of these things?

It's highly classified. They could tell you but then they'd have to kill you.

How is this one 3.5 mile ride worth more than one from 25 miles out?

Obscure Uber math formulas.

 

[Stevie The magic Unicorn]

This my friend is a texas form of gambling called "Chicken shit bingo". In chicken shit bingo the chickens are put into a cage with numbers on the floor and seed/feed spread out. Then the chicken chills in the cage and eats until it takes a shit. Where it craps is the winning number.


Much like uber prices we have no way of determining what number you will get offered for any ride at any time of the day. For all I know there's some chicken cages with cameras set up and the computer is watching and waiting to see where the chicken decides to shit to determine pricing for a fare.

And in my defense, I havn't heard any rational argument that there is currently any rational method used to determine driver pay. There simply isn't any more.

Miles? no..

Minutes? no..

Where a chicken decides to take a shit?
Possibly... of the 3 options watching where a chicken takes a shit is the closest to reality. I could crunch the numbers but but from what I can tell there has to be some form of random chance, or semi random chance... or a damn chicken.


So there ya have it. My theory... this chicken shit company uses chicken shit bingo to determine driver pay. Prove me wrong..

 

[W00dbutcher]

So there ya have it. My theory... this chicken shit company uses chicken shit bingo to determine driver pay. Prove me wrong..

Every time you call a service rep for uber, what do you hear in the background?

 

[Deegizzle]

This my friend is a texas form of gambling called "Chicken shit bingo". In chicken shit bingo the chickens are put into a cage with numbers on the floor and seed/feed spread out. Then the chicken chills in the cage and eats until it takes a shit. Where it craps is the winning number.


Much like uber prices we have no way of determining what number you will get offered for any ride at any time of the day. For all I know there's some chicken cages with cameras set up and the computer is watching and waiting to see where the chicken decides to shit to determine pricing for a fare.

And in my defense, I havn't heard any rational argument that there is currently any rational method used to determine driver pay. There simply isn't any more.

Miles? no..

Minutes? no..

Where a chicken decides to take a shit?
Possibly... of the 3 options watching where a chicken takes a shit is the closest to reality. I could crunch the numbers but but from what I can tell there has to be some form of random chance, or semi random chance... or a damn chicken.


So there ya have it. My theory... this chicken shit company uses chicken shit bingo to determine driver pay. Prove me wrong..

Think the algo does a calculation on the customer side based on time of day along with supply/demand, then in turn pays us a percentage commensurate to that figure. My best guess for the random pings.

Reservations though, those seem way out of whack.

 

[Rampage]

 

[Stevie The magic Unicorn]

Think the algo does a calculation on the customer side based on time of day along with supply/demand, then in turn pays us a percentage commensurate to that figure. My best guess for the random pings.

Reservations though, those seem way out of whack.

I still vote for a black box with a chicken in it. No one has ever presented me with any evidence otherwise.