Celestine Mendler-Dünner

Decline Now: A Combinatorial Model for Algorithmic Collective Action

Drivers on food delivery platforms often run a loss on low-paying orders. In response, workers on DoorDash started a campaign, \#DeclineNow, to purposefully decline orders below a certain pay threshold. For each declined order, the platform returns the request to other available drivers with slightly increased pay. Wh…