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Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

The ride-hailing company said it was a “highly requested feature” in a blog post Tuesday, saying the new feature allows women and non-binary people to “feel that much more confident” in using Lyft and also hopefully encourage more women to sign up to be drivers to access its “flexible earning opportunities.”

The service, called “Women+ Connect,” is rolling out in the coming months. Riders can turn on the option in the Lyft app, however the company warns that it’s not a guarantee that they’ll be matched with a women or non-binary person if one of those people aren’t nearby. Both the riders and drivers will need to opt-in to the feature for it work and riders must chose a gender for it to work.

      • @KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
        -1•1 year ago

        If you’re non-binary, or not male, then you fall under this policy anyway; it only doesn’t apply to male-identifying males.

        • XbSuperEnglish
          4•1 year ago

          But couldn’t someone just claim to identify that way, and abuse the system? This is a really dumb idea.

          • subignition
            3•1 year ago

            I mean, sure, any system can be abused, but it’s a lot easier to prove intent when you now have to commit fraud to get in the situation to begin with.

              • subignition
                0•1 year ago

                In the hypothetical provided, where someone intentionally misrepresents themselves in order to qualify for a service from a business that they otherwise would not have? For the express purpose of easier access to victims?

                Not a lawyer but I’d certainly think so.

    • @QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world
      1•1 year ago

      Does that mean that non-binary riders are only paired up with non-binary drivers, or are non-binary people and women grouped together?

      • @KoboldCoterie@pawb.socialEnglish
        2•1 year ago

        All we have to go by is what’s in the article, which says:

        Lyft is introducing a new feature that lets women and non-binary riders choose a preference to match with drivers of the same gender.

        That’s kind of open to interpretation; either they’re calling non-binary a separate gender and matches people accordingly, or they’re really saying “Woman - biological and trans - can choose a preference to match with woman drivers”.