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Cute little narrative you got going there but I don't see any evidence from the article to support it. Since tipping is not actually "politically correct," it'

Cute little narrative you got going there but I don't see any evidence from the article to support it. Since tipping is not actually "politically correct," it's racist, sexist, and classist (1), it's a big lose for the advocates you blame. It seemed they were under pressure from regulators, not social justice activates. I think this is the money quote >Conigliaro said the guild forced the introduction of tipping by putting pressure on regulators. New York’s Taxi and Limousine Commission is weighing a proposal that would require in-app tipping, and is expected to hear reaction from riders and drivers at a public hearing on July 13. They also introduced some sort of surcharge for teens as part of this change, so you believe thats also the fault of "social justice" too? (1) https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dare-you-to-read-this-and-still-feel-ok-about-tipping-in-the-united-states/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/18/i-dar... http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1110&context=articles http://scholarship.sha.cornell.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?artic... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/minimum-wage-activists-call-tipping-racist/article/2619073 http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/minimum-wage-activists-cal...

cocktailpeanuts 9y ago
I think you make great points, thank you. Only regrettable thing is the phrase "cute little narrative" you used. The comment would have been excellent even without pulling me down. I think the point i was trying to make was that it's sad that Uber is making decisions that are against user experience. They used to be able to push through all this because users loved the product. But nowadays they've lost a lot of power because of all the controversies. The reason Uber became popular in the first place was because they built something that was great for the users. If they cared about these little regulations back then, they wouldn't be here and we would still be stuck with the shitty taxi system. I remember when startup people used to look up to Uber as the poster child for being ruthless just to provide great user experience. Now the narrative has changed even though they are not doing anything different. The new narrative is that Uber is a law breaking sexist organization, and everybody likes to hate Uber. If Uber still had the same reputation as back then, I don't think they would be introducing features like this, which a lot of people will hate.
- creepydata 9y ago
  You're the one who started with unjustly accusing a completely unrelated group of bullying, of all things; you deserve to be called out for it.
dang 9y ago
> Cute little narrative you got going [...] You're the one [...] you deserve to be called out Your comments have been crossed into incivility frequently in a way that violates the site rules. We ban accounts that do this repeatedly. Please edit such bits out of your posts to HN. Instead, please be respectful and assume good faith when disagreeing, regardless of how wrong someone else may be. Even if you don't feel you owe it to them, you owe it to the community not to damage the commons. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14600765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14600765 and marked it off-topic.

cocktailpeanuts 9y ago

I think you make great points, thank you. Only regrettable thing is the phrase "cute little narrative" you used. The comment would have been excellent even without pulling me down. I think the point i was trying to make was that it's sad that Uber is making decisions that are against user experience. They used to be able to push through all this because users loved the product. But nowadays they've lost a lot of power because of all the controversies. The reason Uber became popular in the first place was because they built something that was great for the users. If they cared about these little regulations back then, they wouldn't be here and we would still be stuck with the shitty taxi system. I remember when startup people used to look up to Uber as the poster child for being ruthless just to provide great user experience. Now the narrative has changed even though they are not doing anything different. The new narrative is that Uber is a law breaking sexist organization, and everybody likes to hate Uber. If Uber still had the same reputation as back then, I don't think they would be introducing features like this, which a lot of people will hate.

creepydata 9y ago
You're the one who started with unjustly accusing a completely unrelated group of bullying, of all things; you deserve to be called out for it.

dang 9y ago

> Cute little narrative you got going [...] You're the one [...] you deserve to be called out Your comments have been crossed into incivility frequently in a way that violates the site rules. We ban accounts that do this repeatedly. Please edit such bits out of your posts to HN. Instead, please be respectful and assume good faith when disagreeing, regardless of how wrong someone else may be. Even if you don't feel you owe it to them, you owe it to the community not to damage the commons. We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14600765 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14600765 and marked it off-topic.