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Is there any type of publicly available market research that shows if any of this Uber press is having an effect on its ridership?

by adpirz 10y ago

peatmoss 10y ago
Ridership is pretty closely guarded. Don't expect Uber to willingly release anything that could even be used to infer what ridership might be.
- HenryBemis 10y ago
  If they go public, they will HAVE to release their financial statements (audited & signed off) and then we will be learning what is what.
  - Phlarp 10y ago
    They can't go public under PR siege.
  - tpinckard 10y ago
    'IF' - https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Laconic_phrase https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Laconic_phrase
    - azernik 10y ago
      Protip - if you add "this is a laconic phrase" to the end of a laconic phrase, it ceases to be a laconic phrase.
  - forgotmysn 10y ago
    ya no chance of that happening any time soon
  - chimeracoder 10y ago
    Under Section 12(g), they probably should have had to report this information anyway, even without going public. However, it seems they've found an "innovative" way to skirt that part of the law: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2016/01/uber-and-section-12g.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2016/01/uber-a...
- toomuchtodo 10y ago
  I await the data leak with bated breath.
  - zeroer 10y ago
    You mean "breath", not "breathe". You mean "bated", not "baited".
    - Mz 10y ago
      Humorously, I did not know it was bated until maybe two or three years ago. I always imagined it was something like a cat who just ate cheese to lure the mouse to its trap. (Yes, I have all kinds of college and good grades and yadda. This word is a tad obscure.)
      - zeroer 10y ago
        That mental image is pretty funny.
- adpirz 10y ago
  Figured as much, but I'm wondering if there's a proxy out there that could at least give us insight -- weekly app store downloads perhaps? Also not sure how available those metrics are.
__jal 10y ago
I stopped using them over a year ago. Recently, they started spamming me with lots of %-off offers[1]. Just a datapoint; it could be unrelated marketing efforts. Or it could be that they're feeling it. [1] Their mailing list was also broken and ignored my unsubscribe request, so given that they seem too incompetent to run a mail server, now anything they send me bounces.
- jacobolus 10y ago
  You could report them to the FTC for CAN-SPAM violation.

Is there any type of publicly available market research that shows if any of this Uber press is having an effect on its ridership?

by adpirz 10y ago

Is there any type of publicly available market research that shows if any of this Uber press is having an effect on its ridership?

peatmoss 10y ago

Ridership is pretty closely guarded. Don't expect Uber to willingly release anything that could even be used to infer what ridership might be.

HenryBemis 10y ago
If they go public, they will HAVE to release their financial statements (audited & signed off) and then we will be learning what is what.
- Phlarp 10y ago
  They can't go public under PR siege.
- tpinckard 10y ago
  'IF' - https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Laconic_phrase https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Laconic_phrase
  - azernik 10y ago
    Protip - if you add "this is a laconic phrase" to the end of a laconic phrase, it ceases to be a laconic phrase.
- forgotmysn 10y ago
  ya no chance of that happening any time soon
- chimeracoder 10y ago
  Under Section 12(g), they probably should have had to report this information anyway, even without going public. However, it seems they've found an "innovative" way to skirt that part of the law: http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2016/01/uber-and-section-12g.html http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/business_law/2016/01/uber-a...
toomuchtodo 10y ago
I await the data leak with bated breath.
- zeroer 10y ago
  You mean "breath", not "breathe". You mean "bated", not "baited".
  - Mz 10y ago
    Humorously, I did not know it was bated until maybe two or three years ago. I always imagined it was something like a cat who just ate cheese to lure the mouse to its trap. (Yes, I have all kinds of college and good grades and yadda. This word is a tad obscure.)
    - zeroer 10y ago
      That mental image is pretty funny.
adpirz 10y ago
Figured as much, but I'm wondering if there's a proxy out there that could at least give us insight -- weekly app store downloads perhaps? Also not sure how available those metrics are.

__jal 10y ago

I stopped using them over a year ago. Recently, they started spamming me with lots of %-off offers[1]. Just a datapoint; it could be unrelated marketing efforts. Or it could be that they're feeling it. [1] Their mailing list was also broken and ignored my unsubscribe request, so given that they seem too incompetent to run a mail server, now anything they send me bounces.

jacobolus 10y ago
You could report them to the FTC for CAN-SPAM violation.