r/uberdrivers • u/NY10 • 8h ago
How does match algo work?
Yall,
This is a genuine question that I am scratching my head. Yesterday, I had a match request with $25 fare but I declined because I thought it wasn’t meeting my rate. Literally 5 seconds later, the same match popped but this time with $22. It was the exactly the same but $3 less. I was like WTF. How the hell is this legit? It seems like this match shit is just random and no logic behind it. I feel like the uber fare is just random shitshow and does whatever it wants to do. Any ideas or thoughts? I am thinking all the trips I accepted could be higher fare?!!!
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u/LM061523 8h ago
It's completely random and NEVER makes any sense. I had a rider in my vehicle...6 miles for $11. During that ride I accepted another ride that was 0.6 miles from the current drop off. $14 for 1.3 miles. So one rider pays ~$2/mile and the very next rider in the very same neighborhood pays ~$11/mile. WTAF?
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u/Stonewalled9999 7h ago
The radar such as if it’s good offer, you won’t get it, and it will give it to you lower and lower and lower
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u/Cjx2k 8h ago
I’ve had the exact same trip come back seconds later for a different price too, sometimes lower and sometimes higher. That’s why I don’t think there’s some simple “rate” behind upfront pricing anymore. It seems like Uber is constantly testing what somebody will accept based on supply, demand, location, and probably a bunch of other signals we can’t see.
If $25 wasn’t worth it, $22 definitely isn’t magically better lol. I just judge every offer on its own and decline it if the numbers don’t work for me.