Post B1sQrADoKFSM9XfEZc by Humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club
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(DIR) Post #B1s42WvTxBpYoDXeim by peter@thepit.social
2026-01-02T07:32:43Z
43 likes, 30 repeats
hoooo boy. this shit should be illegal. posting the screen shots for when it gets taken down. https://www.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/1q1mzej/im_a_developer_for_a_major_food_delivery_app_the/
(DIR) Post #B1sIQT8f5MfJN311pQ by ergo@akkoma.neoeden.org
2026-01-02T12:46:01.710626Z
7 likes, 0 repeats
@peter they need to get killed
(DIR) Post #B1sLfLqYmLjExfKwIi by Zergling_man@gearlandia.haus
2026-01-02T12:49:59.325528Z
11 likes, 0 repeats
@peter Just make your own food and let niggers starve
(DIR) Post #B1sLnLqMfsHrGh3mrI by gsymon@mstdn.social
2026-01-02T10:59:17Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peter A good example of why legislation and regulation regarding employment, are the most necessary law in any society ... despite what Myopic Maggie thought.
(DIR) Post #B1sLoYVj41LEqOyrbM by sirjoho@noauthority.social
2026-01-02T13:15:54Z
3 likes, 0 repeats
@gsymon @peter this is already immoral and likely illegal, enforcement of the law is the only way this is fixed, and the courts seem intent on doing nothingnearly every problem currently facing the world is solved by actually prosecuting crimes
(DIR) Post #B1sQrADoKFSM9XfEZc by Humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club
2026-01-02T14:20:28.957081Z
4 likes, 1 repeats
Bro, they have memes to police. They don't have time for this shit.
(DIR) Post #B1sSdUrKzzHa0slNoW by monkyyy@poa.st
2026-01-02T14:40:25.748609Z
6 likes, 1 repeats
@peter if someone is driving for a gig economy shit and is has a high depreciation score, they have my permission to kill a ceo
(DIR) Post #B1sV8TsIuOYTqU7Ksq by HatkeshiatorTND@annihilation.social
2026-01-02T15:08:24.577842Z
2 likes, 2 repeats
@peter i hope they make it legal to flog these executives and managers to death in the middle of the street, so that i can do so. (i hate them but would never break the law)
(DIR) Post #B1sVsWuTxLgka05t9U by graf@poa.st
2026-01-02T15:16:42.895920Z
13 likes, 1 repeats
@monkyyy @peter It's very likely real but somebody who goes through the trouble to "use library wifi" on a "burner laptop" but is stupid enough to mention they put in their two weeks. Reeks of rageslop
(DIR) Post #B1sYxaC5TQrY4iQhai by drq@mastodon.ml
2026-01-02T14:35:55Z
4 likes, 0 repeats
@peter "psychological value add" is such a deliciously corporate orwellian wording.
(DIR) Post #B1sYzQLF4jvG67acgi by hans5524@mastodon.social
2026-01-02T09:15:00Z
3 likes, 0 repeats
@peter library Wifi and burner laptop, but not naming the company? Hoax.
(DIR) Post #B1sYzdsKl17K4WAjZY by condret@fedi.absturztau.be
2026-01-02T15:45:21.847075Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@hans5524 @peter i see no reason to not believe in this. this is exactly what profit maxxing corpos do.
(DIR) Post #B1saY0IS0BedPUKwgC by Griffith@radiofreegreenland.org
2026-01-02T16:09:03.972631Z
4 likes, 1 repeats
@peter Communists are right to say you can’t regulate your way out of these types of systems.
(DIR) Post #B1safzPJC0GCy6Luam by Vidmastereon@detroitriotcity.com
2026-01-02T16:10:30.784880Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
@peter my ideal economic system involves people responsible for decisions like this disappearing overnight
(DIR) Post #B1sb7hBCYVmWXqxu7c by rlier23@loli.church
2026-01-02T16:11:37.626Z
3 likes, 0 repeats
@peter@thepit.social You could shoot any random excec from any company and 9/10 times youd be doing hummanity a favor
(DIR) Post #B1sbKcE4Hj0ywhT0IS by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-02T16:17:50.308306Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@peter this is why I don't use ubereats or similar
(DIR) Post #B1sba9HDgWjXnLLcPI by WhitestTemplar@poa.st
2026-01-02T16:20:40.481269Z
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@Griffith @peter You can you if force them to publish the source code.
(DIR) Post #B1sc0crSJTlx4vvEDQ by WhitestTemplar@poa.st
2026-01-02T16:25:27.192286Z
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@peter Shit like this is when you just purge(read publicly hang) the entire C-suite
(DIR) Post #B1sewMdD0rcnRluxOq by jernej__s@infosec.exchange
2026-01-02T08:16:18Z
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@peter With alt-text:
(DIR) Post #B1sewOBHFgTEFirg8m by faket@veganism.social
2026-01-02T10:49:17Z
1 likes, 2 repeats
@jernej__s @peter Or just post the full text.I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company. The driver sees $0 of it.I’m posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don’t care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me. I’ve been sitting on this for about eight months, just watching the code getting pushed to production, and I can’t sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine.You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is actually so much more depressing than the conspiracy theories. I’m a backend engineer. I sit in the weekly sprint planning meetings where Product Managers (PMs) discuss how to squeeze another 0.4% margin out of "human assets" (that’s literally what they call drivers in the database schemas). They talk about these people like they are resource nodes in a video game, not fathers and mothers trying to pay rent.First off, the "Priority Delivery" is a total scam. It was pitched to us as a "psychological value add." Like I said in the title, when you pay that extra $2.99, it changes a boolean flag in the order JSON, but the dispatch logic literally ignores it. It does nothing to speed you up.We actually ran an A/B test last year where we didn't speed up the priority orders, we just purposefully delayed non-priority orders by 5 to 10 minutes to make the Priority ones "feel" faster by comparison. Management loved the results. We generated millions in pure profit just by making the standard service worse, not by making the premium service better.But the thing that actually makes me sick—and the main reason I’m quitting—is the "Desperation Score." We have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash based on their acceptance behavior.If a driver usually logs on at 10 PM and accepts every garbage $3 order instantly without hesitation, the algo tags them as "High Desperation." Once they are tagged, the system then deliberately stops showing them high-paying orders. The logic is: "Why pay this guy $15 for a run when we know he’s desperate enough to do it for $6?" We save the good tips for the "casual" drivers to hook them in and gamify their experience, while the full-timers get grinded into dust.Then there is the "Benefit Fee." You’ve probably seen that $1.50 "Regulatory Response Fee" or "Driver Benefits Fee" that appeared on your bill after the recent labor laws passed. The wording is designed to make you feel like you're helping the worker.In reality, that money goes straight to a corporate slush fund used to lobby against driver unions. We have a specific internal cost center for "Policy Defense," and that fee feeds directly into it. You are literally paying for the high-end lawyers that are fighting to keep your delivery guy homeless.And regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay.If the algo predicts you are a "high tipper" and you’ll likely drop $10, it offers the driver a measly $2 base pay. If you tip $0, it offers them $8 base pay just to get the food moved. The result is that your generosity isn't rewarding the driver; it’s subsidizing us. You’re paying their wage so we don't have to.I'm drunk and I'm angry. Ask me anything before this gets taken down.
(DIR) Post #B1sfypIrTzIQu88e6i by Nudhul@shitposter.world
2026-01-02T17:09:56.649348Z
0 likes, 1 repeats
@peter >you're paying them so we dont have tothats what all tips everywhere are for
(DIR) Post #B1sgReGrZyVB5Pwmae by m@miruku.cafe
2026-01-02T17:07:42.177Z
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@peter@thepit.social is fake unfortunately
(DIR) Post #B1sgRfLVaBoOQ780TA by Economic_Hitman@noauthority.social
2026-01-02T17:15:08Z
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@m @peter seems too bad to be true
(DIR) Post #B1shjfrEWEKlAq7NXU by Griffith@radiofreegreenland.org
2026-01-02T17:29:36.249367Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@WhitestTemplar @peter The problem is, I’m sure it’s not just this company, we just got lucky enough to have an insider blow the whistle. We’d also need a congress that gives a fuck and they’re too busy insider trading and taking money from Israel to give a fuck.You’d need an essentially totalitarian system to keep this bullshit out, across the board, and consistently, throughout these organizations.I mean imagine the stuff Google gets up to.
(DIR) Post #B1sn33NZn10ROjJ3b6 by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-02T18:29:05.002143Z
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@PurpCat @peter Why is this person on library Wifi and burner phone if he (or she?) doesn't care if they sue? Also, why go into all the trouble and then tell you're within two weeks notice and that you passed the letter of resignation yesterday — allowing the company to narrow it down and trace them without going into too much trouble? :marseyhmmm:
(DIR) Post #B1soF1HRWF1MJjhujY by PurpCat@clubcyberia.co
2026-01-02T18:42:21.854725Z
1 likes, 1 repeats
@m0xEE @peter he's drunk
(DIR) Post #B1soipqma1L3YUSENs by m0xEE@breloma.m0xee.net
2026-01-02T18:47:50.519526Z
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@PurpCat @peter We are currently clean on OPSEC :marseydrunk:
(DIR) Post #B1sthGG7vBZMeVNTge by kamehamic@poa.st
2026-01-02T19:43:38.833205Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peter Archived version https://archive.today/evGLc
(DIR) Post #B1sxVRvZ72KZBONpjc by Tamamo@detroitriotcity.com
2026-01-02T20:26:18.315169Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peter Murdering ceo's and shareholders should be legalized.
(DIR) Post #B1t07cXoHspl1TbLBw by Spergo1875@poa.st
2026-01-02T19:51:27.209519Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peter Judaism 101
(DIR) Post #B1u2HDcGDdKnfhLaoi by lxo@snac.lx.oliva.nom.br
2026-01-03T08:52:52Z
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I can't wait for @pluralistic@mamot.fr's essays to incorporate thisCC: @jernej__s@infosec.exchange @peter@thepit.social
(DIR) Post #B1uDJ28kxKI09ecBVY by WhitestTemplar@poa.st
2026-01-03T10:58:04.701193Z
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@Griffith @peter Agreed.
(DIR) Post #B1ujK9i3Unj0SAhkOm by Suzu@detroitriotcity.com
2026-01-03T16:56:48.613224Z
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@peter now we just need an youtuber to make a video about this and it will explode
(DIR) Post #B1vFfFF1JytKDxDvWq by chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net
2026-01-03T20:38:03Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@peter The screenshot mentions a "High Desparation" flag, like what @pluralistic mentioned for care worker apps in the US.Seriously shitty (amongst all the other shitty stuff in there)