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Gaffano
Resourceful Rider
2 months ago

Who is in the Right, Citibike Employee or Me??

The other day I was on my way to do some errands when I saw a great point opportunity in the Manhattan area. The drop of spot was a major hub that needed bikes for after work riders, so was awarding ...
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RedDragon
Resourceful Rider

What timing! I too just posted about this problem, was the station you had this experience with was just north of Grand Central? The problem is definitely with the Citi Bike algorithm. The valet/concierge is rightly annoyed that the algo is telling angels to drop-off bikes and angels are just doing what the algo is (wrongly) incentivizing.

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Gaffano
Resourceful Rider
2 months ago

No this was near the Fidi area, but good to know this is a issue at other concierge spots.