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Excellent find. This is concerning.
by fillskills 11y ago
Excellent find. This is concerning.
- Kinnard 11y agoThat is how carpooling works.
- pc86 11y agoFor non-commercial purposes, sure.
- lettergram 11y agoI doubt lyft is making much if anything on this. It's likely just a way to get users to start using the app. If they use it daily it's more likely they'll use the standard lyft service too
- giarc 11y agoI wonder if it will recommend a regular Lyft driver if there are no carpool matches.
- bduerst 11y agoWhy don't we just skip these platform tie-ins and make an auction network for rides and deliveries? That way you can see options like dollar & time estimations across multiple available services whenever you need to go somewhere.
- eli 11y agoSo... create another new platform?
- bduerst 11y agoA network, not a platform. Being platform agnostic makes a difference. Think of it as building an ad auction network for multiple websites and advertisers, rather than just trying to build an ad network for just your own website.
- eli 11y agoWouldn't that require active participation of existing platforms? Seems like it'd be a tough sell.
- bduerst 11y agoNot really, considering the service base that makes up those platforms is trying to fragment off. They would be an easy first customer. http://www.fastcompany.com/3057014/fed-up-with-uber-and-lyft-drivers-plan-to-launch-competing-app http://www.fastcompany.com/3057014/fed-up-with-uber-and-lyft...
- samstave 11y agoHaha I said exactly this in my private slack to my ops network: Overlay "uber" app where people can submit a bid for flat-fee plus tip % from point A to point B - the idea is that uber drivers could also login to a system to select A-B trips which are bid on Driver says gimme a bid from a radius of me at point a to a radius of point b - when there is a march they connect I said that on Feb/26
- bduerst 11y agoYep. You could classify trip requests for delivering people, goods, alcohol, medical, or perishable goods. A multitude of apps for people with cars could push or pull from the network, so at any time a driver (with a compatible app) could see nearby deliveries and their bids. Business services and apps users could post bids for delivery real time. I mean, drivers already run Lyft and Uber simultaneously, and are now used to the idea of ridesharing.
- samstave 11y agoThe radius idea was based on "give me a rider who wants to go from where I am now to near where I already need to go"
- techrat_hacker 11y agoEh, I see where you are coming from, but I wouldn't use it myself. The constant bidding and sequential worrying of whether I paid the "right" amount for the service would be too much stress for me. I would rather pay an extra couple of more bucks instead of stressing over the bidding itself.
- techrat_hacker 11y agoI have a theory that this service is to allure drivers more than consumers. Given that consumers had an option of using Lyft Line or Uber Pool for their daily commute anyways, Lyft Carpool don't add that much value other than perhaps cheaper fare. On the other hand, for the single drivers, this sounds like a good opportunity to make a side income without a huge impact on their lifestyle. Probably another 10 minutes of their lives picking up and dropping off a passenger, and they get paid a few hundred extra bucks a month. I have never thought about being a Lyft/Uber driver, but I am seriously considering registering for Lyft Carpool, and who knows? If I like it, I might become a Lyft driver as a side gig.
- msellout 11y agoI'm not concerned. I also walk around my neighborhood at night, even though some folks have told me that's not safe.
- fillskills 11y agoMaybe I am overthinking it. Would love to see Carpooling succeed. Makes commutes easier and environment friendly. Lets hope for the best. Lyft itself is a great service. Never used Line before so cannot speak for that. Even having location tracking for your ride is a notch up.
- msellout 11y agoLyft Line and Uber Pool have significantly improved my standard of living. For me, it's cheaper and more convenient than owning a car.
- bduerst 11y agoBut you have a good health and home insurance plan, right?
- msellout 11y agoHome insurance? No. I live in a large apartment building so I'm not nervous about home invasion. Health insurance? I've been punched by strangers (road rage, sigh) and haven't needed to go to the hospital. The kind of incident my mother imagines for me walking at night isn't the kind of incident where health insurance matters. Life insurance, though. I should probably get that.