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but they are creating liquidity in the car rental market! /s

by khc 7y ago

amiga_500 7y ago
Exactly. Corner the econ 101 student and this is their last pathetic little cry on any number of topics. But the liquidity!!!
- dang 7y ago
  Please stop posting ideological battle comments to HN. We ban accounts that do this, regardless of their ideology, because it destroys what this site exists for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - amiga_500 7y ago
    This is a point about economics. It's only ideological if you are ideologically wedded to the ideas that are destroying the western world. If someone posts that stock markets are good, or that it would be great if we could lower taxes because govt wastes money, I never, ever see anyone admonished for this. Because it fits with the currently accepted view. This is simply a comment that doesn't match your economic view that you see as "ideological".
    - dang 7y ago
      > It's only ideological if you are ideologically wedded to the ideas that are destroying the western world. That's quite an oxymoron. But also an interestingly constructed sentence! Ideologues always feel that the mods are against their view. Interestingly, this feeling has nothing to do with the content of the ideology—only the intensity of the commitment. People on both sides say the same things, such as "I never, ever see anyone admonished for $opposite" and "this is simply a comment that doesn't match your view". A few examples going the other way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706668. (Edit: lest any of you actually believe those comments, that bit is flipped here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22705507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22705507) > lower taxes because govt wastes money, I never, ever see anyone admonished for this We admonish that sort of comment all the time when it's doing ideological battle rather than curious conversation. In fact the boilerplate line about taxation has been an example I've used for years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20taxation&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The reason why opposing ideologues have opposite pictures of moderator/site bias is that you (i.e. all of us) are more likely to notice the posts you dislike and disagree with, and to weight them more strongly. Over time, these impressions accrue into an overall picture of the site. But it's an inverted picture of your own preferences! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
gruez 7y ago
But they are, for the buyer. More sellers = more liquidity. It just also turns out they (the sellers) are making money by picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.
blast 7y ago
I've been cynical about liquidity arguments in general too, but actually there's nothing to be sarcastic about here, that's precisely what they're doing. I've used Getaround to avoid having to own a car or go to a car rental office. Unfortunately for them, I don't need to do it more than a couple times a year because Uber/Lyft is more convenient and roughly the same cost. At least if Getaround disappears, I'll be able to delete my Facebook account. For a long time they were only allowing Facebook or Google based logins.

but they are creating liquidity in the car rental market! /s

by khc 7y ago

but they are creating liquidity in the car rental market! /s

Exactly. Corner the econ 101 student and this is their last pathetic little cry on any number of topics. But the liquidity!!!

dang 7y ago
Please stop posting ideological battle comments to HN. We ban accounts that do this, regardless of their ideology, because it destroys what this site exists for. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- amiga_500 7y ago
  This is a point about economics. It's only ideological if you are ideologically wedded to the ideas that are destroying the western world. If someone posts that stock markets are good, or that it would be great if we could lower taxes because govt wastes money, I never, ever see anyone admonished for this. Because it fits with the currently accepted view. This is simply a comment that doesn't match your economic view that you see as "ideological".
  - dang 7y ago
    > It's only ideological if you are ideologically wedded to the ideas that are destroying the western world. That's quite an oxymoron. But also an interestingly constructed sentence! Ideologues always feel that the mods are against their view. Interestingly, this feeling has nothing to do with the content of the ideology—only the intensity of the commitment. People on both sides say the same things, such as "I never, ever see anyone admonished for $opposite" and "this is simply a comment that doesn't match your view". A few examples going the other way: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706668 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22706668. (Edit: lest any of you actually believe those comments, that bit is flipped here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22705507 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22705507) > lower taxes because govt wastes money, I never, ever see anyone admonished for this We admonish that sort of comment all the time when it's doing ideological battle rather than curious conversation. In fact the boilerplate line about taxation has been an example I've used for years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20taxation&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... The reason why opposing ideologues have opposite pictures of moderator/site bias is that you (i.e. all of us) are more likely to notice the posts you dislike and disagree with, and to weight them more strongly. Over time, these impressions accrue into an overall picture of the site. But it's an inverted picture of your own preferences! https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20notice%20dislike&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

gruez 7y ago

But they are, for the buyer. More sellers = more liquidity. It just also turns out they (the sellers) are making money by picking up pennies in front of a steamroller.

blast 7y ago

I've been cynical about liquidity arguments in general too, but actually there's nothing to be sarcastic about here, that's precisely what they're doing. I've used Getaround to avoid having to own a car or go to a car rental office. Unfortunately for them, I don't need to do it more than a couple times a year because Uber/Lyft is more convenient and roughly the same cost. At least if Getaround disappears, I'll be able to delete my Facebook account. For a long time they were only allowing Facebook or Google based logins.