So what I dislike about this is that the driver is the one choosing. If the customer was placing their preference, and then Lyft agrees to attempt to place them with their preference (for a surcharge of course, priority service shouldn't be free) that would be something I could get behind. Letting drivers flat refuse service to someone based solely on their gender sounds like opening the doors to discrimination suits.

Male drivers get your discrimination lawsuits ready for your lost income.

This idea of feeling safe is causing us to regress as a society. This “feature” is just discrimination wrapped in a nice sounding name — “Women Plus Connect” and UI.

We used to be able to identify the predators in our communities and do some sort of action: jail them, shame them, beat them up, whatever. Now we are using fear of them to perpetuate discrimination and AVOID them.

Since users choose their gender in the app, this has some potential to be used for more nefarious purposes, no?

Not a big fan of discriminatory options like this, btw.

So as a driver I have now a filter for better rape and murder victims? Nice!

Great news for all the would-be predator Lyft drivers out there!

Discrimination is never a good thing. Separate but "equal" is never a good thing.

Wow, this thread is a bunch of people spouting an updated version of the "men in women's bathrooms is gonna lead to rape" bullshit.

Step 0: Be the sort of scum that would assault a lyft driver
Step 1: Set your identity to non binary as a rider
Step 2: Dress in a way to appear non-binary, even a little bit. Honestly just painting your nails purple and wearing thick glasses is probably enough to not raise suspicion. Most people wont try and question this and interrogate you over it. If they do, filter them off and be a normal rider.
Step 3: If they don't question it, congrats, Lyft has no just done the work of assisting you with finding your next victim, great job Lyft!

Bonus round~!

1. Be a nazi
2. Do steps 1-3 above
3. Set your destination to be somewhere vaguely secluded where your fellow nazi friends are lying in wait.
4. Congrats, Lyft has now successfully routed a non-binary identifying person directly into you and your nazi friend's clutches, great job lyft!

Wow good way to make the women feel incredibly unsafe and easily targeted.

Wasn't there a BoJack horseman episode almost exactly like this lmao

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Choosing this will “increase their chances of matching with women and nonbinary drivers,” according to this blog post from Lyft.

If someone goes through the steps to change their gender in the app, we are going to assume that is how they identify,” Audrey Liu, Executive Vice President/Head of Design at Lyft, said in a statement.

“Inclusivity is a core value at Lyft and we are committed to creating a community in which riders and drivers feel as though they are included and belong.”

Lyft says this feature has been highly requested and will give women and nonbinary people more control over both the driving and riding experience.

Currently, that demographic accounts for less than a quarter of Lyft drivers, which is comparable with the rest of the rideshare industry, according to a report by Gridwise.

Those in launch cities can download the latest version of the Lyft app starting tomorrow, Sept. 13th to access the feature.

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John Wayne Gacy is really unhappy with this feature.