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Ask HN: Is it ok for Lyft/Uber drivers to solicit unrelated businesses?

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Re: Ask HN: Is it ok for Lyft/Uber drivers to solicit unrelated businesses?

#11
If you don't like the conversation you can tell him that, but how do you think some of these startups made it. They were hustling. Airbnb sold obama o's. I can't blame people for trying. I am not a fan of MLM, but a lot of times people get breaks by hustling.

Re: Ask HN: Is it ok for Lyft/Uber drivers to solicit unrelated businesses?

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I think a better solution would be a user setting for whether or not you're interested in conversation during the ride. If you are interested in conversation, I don't think solicitation is that inappropriate, as long as it stops at the first moment you say you're not interested. Like you say, it's common for small business owners to be driving to supplement their income, because driving doesn't pay a living wage by i…

This was an idea from the show "Nathan For You"!
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