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> So give these hosts a permanent badge of honor for all guests to see Why not just kick them off the platform? If they don't approve of a behavior, and want i

• cmurf 10y ago
  No particularly good reason, except a bit of schadenfreude perhaps. I guess if I were balancing the pleasure of a scarlet letter stitched into the public profile of racists and bigots, vs that of just kicking them off the platform? Hmm. Tough call for me personally. But it's not up to me, so I can't really say I have a good reason for NOT kicking them off the platform, except maybe a family member or friend finds out about their twisted badge of (dis)honor. Maybe it's a bad idea and it just encourages a sort of tribalism where the bigots do business with each other and as a social we really should say, no you can't use public goods like AirBnB. Yes it's a private company, however it is also acting like a bridge to what has historically been a place of public accommodation: hotels.
• massysett 10y ago
  Some people are saying "but I should get to decide who stays in my house" or "but I want to see their picture first so I can evaluate him." Ok, I'm fine with that. A house is not a public accommodation like a hotel. So label the host as a racist.
  • evan_ 10y ago
    > Some people are saying "but I should get to decide who stays in my house" And AirBnB can decide who gets to use their service.