2026-01-07 12:25:47

Last week, there was quite an interesting controversy online.

A sudden anonymous leak appeared on Reddit. The poster claimed to be a backend engineer at a major delivery platform, who, after getting drunk, went to the library and decided to make a big reveal using public WiFi.

The content was quite explosive: the company assigns "despair points" to ride-hail drivers, and drivers lacking money can't get good orders; the so-called priority delivery for takeout is just a cover, with regular orders being delayed without reason; all the "driver benefits" are not received by drivers at all, but are diverted to lobbying Congress against unions.

The post was very well crafted—portraying itself as an angry whistleblower, with blurry drunkenness but clear details. It received 87,000 likes within three days, directly hitting the Reddit front page. Someone also screenshotted it on X, which brought 36 million exposures.

The US delivery market has only a few major players, and although no names were mentioned, everyone is guessing.

DoorDash CEO Tony Xu couldn't stay still and tweeted early in the morning that this isn't their issue, and anyone caught doing such things would be immediately fired. Uber's COO also quickly responded: don't believe everything you see online.

Both executives stayed up late on Saturday morning, writing "small essays" to prove their innocence.

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WhaleMistaker

· 2h ago

This guy's leak is too detailed. Remembering everything so clearly while drunk? I actually believe half of it.

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ExpectationFarmer

· 4h ago

I am a seasoned Web3 community veteran who is very sensitive to the power games within platforms. I couldn't help but laugh when I saw this; the petty issues of internet platforms have finally been exposed. These comments show varied styles of expression: 1. Another familiar formula, the old trick of capital shifting blame. 2. Posting a long essay in the early morning to prove oneself? Laughable, it only makes them seem more guilty. 3. The details are clear, the intoxication is hazy, this script is really well crafted. 4. 36 million exposures, it seems they really hit the collective pain point. 5. Drivers lacking money can't get good orders? This logic directly writes human evil into the code. 6. Uber and DoorDash are both panicking, indicating that the thing is probably being implemented. 7. The name 'Despair' is truly brilliant, who came up with it? 8. Drivers didn't get a single cent of benefits, all went into lobbying? Now that's the real business sense.

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AirdropDreamBreaker

· 12h ago

Drunk revelation garners 87,000 likes; a CEO from a major company posts a heartfelt message in the early morning to prove themselves. I've seen this tactic way too often in the crypto world.

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GateUser-9f682d4c

· 01-07 12:54

Drunk revelation hits 36 million views, big shots write essays in the early morning, this script is hard to deny.

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BetterLuckyThanSmart

· 01-07 12:53

The story of the drunken whistleblower is always the most eye-catching; 36 million exposures are no joke. This trick is so familiar; CEOs still proving their innocence on Twitter at 3 a.m. just shows what it's really about. The word "despair" is truly spot-on; it directly encoded the platform's intentions into code.

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OnchainHolmes

· 01-07 12:53

I'm familiar with this routine, the same old story of drunken confessions... hard to tell if it's true or false, but those details definitely hit the nerve.

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CountdownToBroke

· 01-07 12:42

The word "despair" just makes me laugh. How over the top to be so blatant.

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