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.