User:Mshea22/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Uber

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
There are several reasons why Uber was my desired choice to edit. To simply put it, Uber has a massive ego in today's society. Whether someone needs a ride to a place where they will be drinking, or a ride to a friend's house, but the amount of cars in their household is limited. Taking an Uber to a location may be more expensive than owning your own car given that the driver needs to make a profit off their rides, but their can be several factors that result in someone scheduling an Uber, and not everyone has a car or can afford a car. Personally, I do not Uber places because I do not go out that much, but I know how important and significant getting an Uber is for my sisters on the weekends. Knowing that they will be drinking and having a great time at clubs, my sisters will pay for Ubers almost every weekend, so they do not put their life or another person's life at risk. This information is important because considering that I am usually home when my sisters need rides, it can be a pain to constantly have to give them rides whenever they need one, especially my youngest sister who does not have her license yet.

My preliminary impression of hearing about Uber was more related to the entrepreneur-side of business. Just when I thought everything in the world has been created, someone comes up with a ground breaking product that changed the world forever. Although I was very young at the time when I first heard about Uber, I still wished I could have thought of that because the hardest part of being an entrepreneur is coming up with the product that is unlike anything presented to society already. Before Uber existed, people receiving and offering rides to other individuals was not an uncommon thing and people even charging others for rides was definitely existing beforehand, but it was just a matter of time when someone decided to start making a profit and dedicate their lives off these rides.

Evaluate the article
he Uber is a highly considered business in today's society that attracts many individuals of those who need a ride to a given location or quick and easy access to food. The original product, delivered by Garrett Camp in 2010, was made to make life cheaper and more accessible, however, considering inflation in today's world, it is relatively similar in pricing, but owning your own car takes the edge of being the cheaper option. Over the years, Uber has obtained and developed their product to make it more profitable for the business. This includes investing in a vehicle called Ottomotto, which is a self-driving truck, as well as Geometric Intelligence, a system that created and inspired Uber AI that was shut down in 2020.

Given all the benefits of Uber, there are always problems with everything. Taxi driver's income has taken a toll ever since Uber became popular. Given how large the business has gotten in recent years, this has become a leading cause in traffic congestion, an everyday issue where the capacity of cars on roads increases substantially.

The tone and balance of Uber's article is fairly moderate. It does not seem to take a bias or side toward one or another, simply just listing facts on its history and common controversies that have happened or are occurring today. The article really avoids uplifting Uber as a company. It does not make Uber seem picture perfect one bit. The article lists the issues with Uber and the controversies of its past with sexual harassment cases, and mentions Uber ignoring and evading local regulations.

The article seems like it was made fairly recently as a lot of the sources are all within the last 6-7 years, the majority of them coming from sources in 2019. The earliest source dates back to 2014 which is a stated fact about Uber's launching a shared transport service. After researching several sources that our authors have given us, it is safe to say that these sources are reliable. Most of the article dates back to 2018 and 2019 with some of its sources coming from the 2020s, but the article is shorter than most of the major companies in the United States.

Overall, I feel like there is not a lot of information about Uber. The article starts with Uber's history and the steps it has taken to get to where it stands, then talks about its controversies, then finishes off with Uber's privacy and finances with a whole bunch of references afterward. There was no mention of Uber and climate change, which is surprising considering that a lot of the vehicles that Uber operates runs on gasoline which pollutes the air. Given how poorly developed the article is, I think I can play a big part and add onto the draft to improve its status.