GigForum

On my way from the airport to my hotel, I found myself in a conversation with my Uber driver. It's one I've had often.

They ask what I'm in town for. I tell them it's for a conference. I give them the details about which hotel(s) people will be staying at and how long the conference will be for. I send them the list of where all the after parties and happy hours will be so that they'll know where to be.

This time, I took it a step further and asked if a website version of this would be helpful. My driver says yes.

The Actual Idea

But then we keep chatting (it's a long ride with plenty of traffic). He says that he doubts drivers would pay for it and explains the differences in driver personas; some folks, like him, drive full-time and take it very seriously while others drive a couple hours after work to supplement their income.

We talk about how this conference/party knowledge of where to station yourself is occasionally shared between driver colleagues in group chats.

But then he shares what would actually be useful. Social media for Uber drivers.

Which, in 2025, sounds kinda insane, right? Who in their right mind would pursue social media in the era of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, etc?

But it actually begins to make sense when he shared a unique usecase. Unionizing and organizing. He explains how he, along with a handful of drivers, are organizing a strike; Uber's taking too large of a cut these days. However, because there is no real way to notify other drivers in the area that they don't already know, drivers will just keep driving which completely undermines the strike.

Especially because Uber will notify nearby non-driving drivers to get on the road when there is a shortage of supply and incentivize them with dynamically calculated payouts.

And then it begins to click. Imagine Blind, but for Uber drivers. Or rather, Blind, but for all gig workers. Instacart shoppers, Uber/Lyft Drivers, Taskrabbits, etc.

Not just for organizing, but also to connect them so folks can share strategies, information, pay data, and more. Users can verify and tag themselves in the platform by the gig work they do.

I imagine this would operate like Blind so that any possible gig worker union busters who sneak onto the platform don't just identify and ban the workers.

And if you needed any validation, just look at r/uberdrivers with its 400k+ subscribers.

Distribution

The best part... you could also grow this social media platform by doing engineering as marketing and even build that conference/party directory with a banner ad telling them to join "GigForum".

You could also start some grassroots campaign here and just onboard drivers every time you use the app.

Plea

Someone go build this and save the world.

God I hope "greyball" doesn't still exist...