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I don't mind professional listings, really; but I do mind fraudulent ones. And AirBNB isn't setup to encourage honest feedback. My singular experience with Ai
by gogaoa 11y ago
I don't mind professional listings, really; but I do mind fraudulent ones. And AirBNB isn't setup to encourage honest feedback.
My singular experience with AirBNB was a listing where they advertised a NYC address 2 avenues from the real address; they lied about details; they used a multitude of names; they told me to lie about who I was to a superintendent who might stop by. The place was a pit.
But my recourse was limited, because I didn't feel like getting into a fight with fraudsters who knew my real identity but who'd hid their own, and AirBNB doesn't give a shit. So I just recognized that AirBNB is a haven for crime, realized that their review policies are designed to protect the criminals, and I stopped using it, and became an anti-airbnb advocate.
I hope I meet Brian Chesky someday, because PG loves to go on about what a great guy he is, but as near as I can tell he's a sociopathic asshole who made purposeful design decisions specifically to enable fraud that happens to increase his profits. This makes sense, given that he built the whole damned thing by being a spammer (and lying about it). I'm genuinely curious if he's not the completely worthless piece of shit that he absolutely appears to be from a customer standpoint.
- AJ007 11y agoBig companies turn a blind eye to bad stuff, in part because it is really hard to manage and because truly cracking down may remove all revenue growth for a while. I don't need to list the specifics, but both Google and Amazon are certainly guilty of the same thing. Some interesting things I don't hear mentioned often: a) prostitutes have been shifting away from hotels to airbnb ~ at some point this could be a serious safety concern b) there is nothing in place to prevent racial discrimination I haven't had any terrible experiences with Airbnb. I've used it just a few times. I have noticed a tendency for places to look good in pictures but you don't know if like the mattress is horrible. Realistically cities may need to have an additional zoning category for short term residential rentals. Buildings/condos/apartments/co-ops most certainly have a right to aggressively enforce rules if something like airbnb is prohibited. If an airbnb host is either breaking the rules of the property or the city, they should be on the hook to refund all booking fees from day one.
- venomsnake 11y ago> I don't mind professional listings Back in my day, they were called hotels. And were regulated.
- danieltillett 11y agoThose who don't know why regulations were created are doomed to reintroduce them.
- dang 11y ago> as near as I can tell he's a sociopathic asshole [...] the completely worthless piece of shit that he absolutely appears to be We've banned this account for egregiously breaking the HN guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ddangg 11y agoThings that HN defends: AirBNB allowing fraudulent listings. Things that HN bans: calling the AirBNB founder slightly mean names, because his company made you a victim of fraud and didn't care. You're a joke, dang. A fucking joke.
- dangalang 11y agop.s. there's no guideline for saying things that are honest and truthful. Brian Chesky's actions are those of a sociopathic asshole. I'm legitimately curious if he is what he appears to be (and pg just loves him because he made pg rich); or if he's somehow NOT the heartless, sociopathic asshole that he has always appeared to be, for the entire duration of his awful, awful company. It would be endlessly fascinating if he was a super-good-hearted, kind, positive person who managed to be amazingly evil and awful through some form of naivete.