00:00The CEO of DoorDash is lashing out at a viral Reddit post that may or may not be referring to
00:06his company. He, of course, vehemently denies it's DoorDash. But if it's not your company,
00:14why are you so upset, my man? The post claims to be from a developer of a, quote,
00:20major food delivery app and claims that their company uses what they described as a
00:24desperation score to decide how much to pay a given delivery driver. The Reddit poster claims,
00:31quote, we have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash
00:36based on their acceptance behavior. The more desperate they are, the less they get paid,
00:41apparently. A screenshot of the post was shared on X, which prompted DoorDash CEO Tony Hsu
00:46to post an expletive-laden hire aid assuring the poster that it was not his company.
00:53Quite an emotional response for something that has nothing to do with you, am I right?
00:58Now, he promised to fire anyone at DoorDash who promoted or tolerated anything like what the
01:03post described. But the internet is, of course, still wondering, is the original Reddit post legit?
01:09Or is it AI? And if it's real, and if it's true, which food delivery app is it referencing?
