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It's the biggest clue that it's typical reddit brained fanfic.

another_twist 9mo ago
What about the claims though ? I dont see the point of getting hung up on just this and discrediting the rest of the story. Tbf this proves nothing without more confirmations however it might be possible to design client side A/B tests to catch this type of behaviour. Might be something NYT or some group with a well resourced investigative arm could pull off.
- stingraycharles 9mo ago
  Unfortunately, there is a lot of fiction on Reddit these days, especially on subs like r/confession. I treat these posts, especially ones that have indicators like these, as “fiction until proven otherwise”. This has been a longstanding issue, particularly in the era of AI-generated content.
- renewiltord 9mo ago
  I know the OP. He's actually a compulsive liar. We had to fire him from our team at Big Food Delivery because he'd keep saying he was done with his tickets but then he'd be blocked on someone, and when the code showed up it would be crap and very verbose. Finally, one day someone said "Dude, can you at least review your own code?" and he flipped out and said he was suffering from trauma and needed time off, and that our company policy allowed Claude Code. It does, but you can't just post the output like that. Then he went online and posted this and told us that we were screwed. Internally we're following the process to get him fired, but because he's technically hired out of Italy we can't do it without 3 months notice. Anyway, I made that whole thing up but don't let that one small phrase discredit the rest of the claims.
  - indigodaddy 9mo ago
    Oh man you had me right til the end
    - saagarjha 9mo ago
      I’m just upset he didn’t plummet sixteen feet through the announcer’s table
      - renewiltord 9mo ago
        I definitely did consider it, but for the fact that we'd start endless debates about whether HN is becoming Reddit and so on. Though now that I think about it, that is a worthwhile honeypot to capture such a person in.
  - another_twist 9mo ago
    I don't think you have to claim you made that thing up. I don't care about the language, the hyperbole of the post just the claims. The claim that you know the OP of an anonymous reddit account is where I'd stop reading.
    - renewiltord 9mo ago
      Don't let that one claim distract you from the others. They might still be true.
- loktarogar 9mo ago
  When I choose priority delivery in Uber, I can see the driver go to the store, pick up my order and drive directly to my place. I also see the driver usually have 1-2 stops on the way if I don't select that. If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save. If this is Uber then it's not legitimate.
  - muppetman 9mo ago
    Or the app shows you a few fake deliveries... If this story is real then there's no reason you can believe what the app shows you.
    - nothrabannosir 9mo ago
      It would have to do very accurate parallel construction of GPS signal to lie about the driver's location yet correctly predict the arrival time, which cannot be faked.
      - deleted 9mo ago
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    - swat535 9mo ago
      If you ask Uber drivers, they explain it to you that they are not even aware of your priority order. All it does is that it puts you first in queue (assuming two people don’t pay priority in the batch). So it’s a gamble on your end.
      - roncesvalles 9mo ago
        But that makes sense. Why should the driver be aware of who is marked Priority? It might also open up the app company to liability (oh the app told me it's a "Priority", so I drove faster and crashed). The driver simply goes where the app tells them to go. In my experience on Uber Eats, Priority definitely works.
    - loktarogar 9mo ago
650REDHAIR 9mo ago
Could be fanfic, but fees are 100% misleading.
utopiah 9mo ago
Meh, I wouldn't read too much into it. They might be a backend dev but that doesn't make them perfectly rational under stress. Being in a whistle blower situation makes smart people do dumb things. To me it's coherent BUT I'll still wait from a source I trust, e.g. 404 Media, to actually do journalism. I'm not saying it's fanfic or not, I'm saying "Noted, might read about it later in few days in a proper format with verified claims." nothing more.
anon7000 9mo ago
I mean, it’s not even remotely hard to believe. There are plenty of extremely similar examples, such as: - grocery delivery algorithmic price fixing: https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo - dollar general lying about prices: https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk But yeah, it’d be good to get this backed up even better. Delivery companies are already on thin ice

What about the claims though ? I dont see the point of getting hung up on just this and discrediting the rest of the story. Tbf this proves nothing without more confirmations however it might be possible to design client side A/B tests to catch this type of behaviour. Might be something NYT or some group with a well resourced investigative arm could pull off.

stingraycharles 9mo ago
Unfortunately, there is a lot of fiction on Reddit these days, especially on subs like r/confession. I treat these posts, especially ones that have indicators like these, as “fiction until proven otherwise”. This has been a longstanding issue, particularly in the era of AI-generated content.
renewiltord 9mo ago
I know the OP. He's actually a compulsive liar. We had to fire him from our team at Big Food Delivery because he'd keep saying he was done with his tickets but then he'd be blocked on someone, and when the code showed up it would be crap and very verbose. Finally, one day someone said "Dude, can you at least review your own code?" and he flipped out and said he was suffering from trauma and needed time off, and that our company policy allowed Claude Code. It does, but you can't just post the output like that. Then he went online and posted this and told us that we were screwed. Internally we're following the process to get him fired, but because he's technically hired out of Italy we can't do it without 3 months notice. Anyway, I made that whole thing up but don't let that one small phrase discredit the rest of the claims.
- indigodaddy 9mo ago
  Oh man you had me right til the end
  - saagarjha 9mo ago
    I’m just upset he didn’t plummet sixteen feet through the announcer’s table
    - renewiltord 9mo ago
      I definitely did consider it, but for the fact that we'd start endless debates about whether HN is becoming Reddit and so on. Though now that I think about it, that is a worthwhile honeypot to capture such a person in.
- another_twist 9mo ago
  I don't think you have to claim you made that thing up. I don't care about the language, the hyperbole of the post just the claims. The claim that you know the OP of an anonymous reddit account is where I'd stop reading.
  - renewiltord 9mo ago
    Don't let that one claim distract you from the others. They might still be true.
loktarogar 9mo ago
When I choose priority delivery in Uber, I can see the driver go to the store, pick up my order and drive directly to my place. I also see the driver usually have 1-2 stops on the way if I don't select that. If there's enough gap between myself and the restaurant, priority is absolutely a time save. If this is Uber then it's not legitimate.
- muppetman 9mo ago
  Or the app shows you a few fake deliveries... If this story is real then there's no reason you can believe what the app shows you.
  - nothrabannosir 9mo ago
    It would have to do very accurate parallel construction of GPS signal to lie about the driver's location yet correctly predict the arrival time, which cannot be faked.
    - deleted 9mo ago
      [deleted]
  - swat535 9mo ago
    If you ask Uber drivers, they explain it to you that they are not even aware of your priority order. All it does is that it puts you first in queue (assuming two people don’t pay priority in the batch). So it’s a gamble on your end.
    - roncesvalles 9mo ago
      But that makes sense. Why should the driver be aware of who is marked Priority? It might also open up the app company to liability (oh the app told me it's a "Priority", so I drove faster and crashed). The driver simply goes where the app tells them to go. In my experience on Uber Eats, Priority definitely works.
  - loktarogar 9mo ago

650REDHAIR 9mo ago

Could be fanfic, but fees are 100% misleading.

utopiah 9mo ago

Meh, I wouldn't read too much into it. They might be a backend dev but that doesn't make them perfectly rational under stress. Being in a whistle blower situation makes smart people do dumb things. To me it's coherent BUT I'll still wait from a source I trust, e.g. 404 Media, to actually do journalism. I'm not saying it's fanfic or not, I'm saying "Noted, might read about it later in few days in a proper format with verified claims." nothing more.

anon7000 9mo ago

I mean, it’s not even remotely hard to believe. There are plenty of extremely similar examples, such as: - grocery delivery algorithmic price fixing: https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo - dollar general lying about prices: https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk https://youtu.be/uE5THiD-kTk But yeah, it’d be good to get this backed up even better. Delivery companies are already on thin ice