Haute:
People just act like zombies nowadays. The crowd mentality thing has clearly gotten out of hand. "Delete Uber!" And everyone starts deleting. Pathetic.

Haute:
People just act like zombies nowadays. The crowd mentality thing has clearly gotten out of hand. "Delete Uber!" And everyone starts deleting. Pathetic.

Haute:
People just act like zombies nowadays. The crowd mentality thing has clearly gotten out of hand. "Delete Uber!" And everyone starts deleting. Pathetic.

Mikeshiangala:
On Saturday night, thousands of protesters around the u.s flooded airports to speak out against
President Donald Trump’s newly signed executive order barring travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries.

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance quickly showed its support, calling on social media for drivers to avoid John F. Kennedy International Airport between 6 and 7 pm Eastern time on Saturday.

The ride-hailing app Uber, however, took a very different public-facing approach, saying at 7:36 pm on Twitter that it was lowering prices — by eliminating “surge pricing” — around JFK Airport.

Even though the surge pricing announcement came after the scheduled taxi strike, many people on social media took it to suggest that Uber was trying to break up or counteract the strike and acting in support of — or at least trying to profit off — Trump’s “Muslim ban.”

In response, the Twitter hashtag #DeleteUber quickly took off, with people posting screenshots of them deleting the Uber app from their phones.

Uber has since said that it wasn’t trying to come out in support of Trump’s executive order, break up the strike, or profit from the situation.

“We’re sorry for any confusion about our earlier tweet — it was not meant to break up any strike,” the company told Business Insider. “We wanted people to know they could use Uber to get to and from JFK at normal prices, especially last night.”

An Uber spokesperson also told Fortune that “the decision to turn off surge pricing was made specifically to avoid profiting from increased demand during the protest. The company has previously made a similar commitment to limiting surge pricing during disasters , after being accused of taking advantage of riders in times of need.”

Prior to the strike, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick spoke out against the executive order on Facebook. He also said that the company will financially compensate employees affected by the order — meaning those who are overseas and unable to reenter the US — during the at least three months the ban is active.
But the statement came out before the strikes, and it didn’t seem to mitigate much of the rage against the company.

Lyft, Uber’s main competitor, has meanwhile responded in a different way to Trump’s order,
vowing to donate $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group that is fighting the ban in court.
As of monday afternoon, people are still posting screenshots showing them deleting the Uber app off their phones.

spacks:
Is it just me that is lost here ? What fvcking is uber?

Mikeshiangala:


Google is your allie

bonana:
These Americans don't have sense. Behaving like a bunch of immature school children. If they protest Donald trump who is busy protecting them from all these shitheads, I wonder what we will do to buhari who is handing us over to them. They need buhari in their various stupid lives.

Haute:
People just act like zombies nowadays. The crowd mentality thing has clearly gotten out of hand. "Delete Uber!" And everyone starts deleting. Pathetic.

spacks:
Is it just me that is lost here ? What fvcking is uber?

Noel1:
Uber is a platform that let u book for a taxi online via ur lappy or mobile devices.

spacks:
k thanks... Now i know . No mind me i never go yankee b4

dustmalik:

Lol... Uber is even available in Nigeria.

spacks:
is it only in mega cities.. Cause here in makurdi we don't know it

bonana:
These Americans don't have sense. Behaving like a bunch of immature school children. If they protest Donald trump who is busy protecting them from all these shitheads, I wonder what we will do to buhari who is handing us over to them. They need buhari in their various stupid lives.

omitade01:


That is the singular reason America is progressing MASS ACTION. It. can make you loose billions within an hour. If Trump aint a tyrant why must you act against your people, there is no country that can boast of self development but rather every country developed anchoring other countries around the world. MASS ACTION is beautiful if we are not cowards here in Nigeria we will be far gone..... 2face voice his support for protest against bad government and yet so many people are talking shit about him. If US citizens can protest against foreigners ban why cant we protest suffering here but we are enjoying and blaming those that are fighting for their right........ seems the endemic suffering made us forget we have rights in Nigeria!!!!!

SirLewis:
These anti-Trump protests just goes to prove one thing, no matter what you do to help people you will always be criticized. If you do nothing, they'll still criticize you.