Flagged. This post is clearly on-topic, so to me this looks like a classic example of HN suppressing discussion of racism and sexism in the Silicon Valley startup community. I'm curious how it looks to the moderators.
Yeah, this is super frustrating and a big part of why the flag system is bad. There are real lessons for people building marketplaces here, but this system keeps them form being discussed.
Why is it ridiculous? There is a cited study, which although uncorroborated (so far) but appear to be solid. Or are you saying that racism and sexism are not valid topics for discussion? My only issue with the post is the title, which implies that this is Uber doing this rather than their drivers, but that's a relatively minor quibble. Otherwise this appears to be a serious issue, and raises issues for services that require the use of real names or photos.
>"uncorroborated (so far) but appears solid"
Get back to me when you have some real facts and just because something is "cited" does not make it a valid source.
If you follow Leslie Jones on Twitter, you'll know that this isn't crap. Leslie (@Lesdoggg) who is famous yet both black AND female has terrible luck with Uber.
