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>Who is down voting this? It is correct. Simply being correct is not the only criterion for a comment being a positive contribution to the conversation. The c

by kd5bjo 7y ago

>Who is down voting this? It is correct. Simply being correct is not the only criterion for a comment being a positive contribution to the conversation. The comment also needs to relate its new information to the topic at hand. At a guess¹, the unsupported assertion that AirBnB and Uber have been disasters is the major problem with the comment, in addition to the fact that they are not the primary subject of the conversation which makes 'randomsearch's comment feel more like a ranting non sequitur than a substantive contribution. ¹ I was not one of the downvoters

randomsearch 7y ago
> the unsupported assertion that AirBnB and Uber have been disasters ...quick examples, just grabbed these articles but they're representative of the problems Airbnb has caused people and cities I have first-hand experience of: > Uber has been stripped of its London licence after authorities found that more than 14,000 trips were taken with drivers who had faked their identity on the firm’s app. > TfL said on Monday it had identified a “pattern of failures” by Uber, including several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/25/uber-loses-licence-london-tfl https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/25/uber-lose... > Uber and Lyft increase pollution and undermine public transport, study shows https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/uber-and-lyft-increase-pollution-and-undermine-public-transport-study-shows https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/uber-and-lyft-incr... > Airbnb rentals in London block sparks call for action https://www.ft.com/content/3aa0bd72-fa01-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c https://www.ft.com/content/3aa0bd72-fa01-11e8-af46-2022a0b02... > Airbnb time limits 'ineffective in London' councils say https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38924720 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38924720 > "Short term lets are having a terrible impact. They are hollowing out communities, both in the city centre and increasingly across Edinburgh. Residents are putting up with high levels of anti-social behaviour and, very worryingly for us, we believe there is a huge impact on housing supply," said Councillor Kate Campbell (SNP), housing convenor at City of Edinburgh Council. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47910700 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47910700 etc. etc.
- kd5bjo 7y ago
  I didn’t mean to imply that your assertion was unsupportable, but rather to draw attention to the fact you didn’t provide any justification for it. Had you referred to one or two of these in your original comment, it would have gone a long way. Especially so if you had explicitly drawn a connection between your chosen examples and failed regulations or bureaucracy, which would have tied it into the wider conversation by an additional thread than argonaut’s name-dropping.

by kd5bjo 7y ago

randomsearch 7y ago

> the unsupported assertion that AirBnB and Uber have been disasters ...quick examples, just grabbed these articles but they're representative of the problems Airbnb has caused people and cities I have first-hand experience of: > Uber has been stripped of its London licence after authorities found that more than 14,000 trips were taken with drivers who had faked their identity on the firm’s app. > TfL said on Monday it had identified a “pattern of failures” by Uber, including several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/25/uber-loses-licence-london-tfl https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/25/uber-lose... > Uber and Lyft increase pollution and undermine public transport, study shows https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/uber-and-lyft-increase-pollution-and-undermine-public-transport-study-shows https://www.transportenvironment.org/news/uber-and-lyft-incr... > Airbnb rentals in London block sparks call for action https://www.ft.com/content/3aa0bd72-fa01-11e8-af46-2022a0b02a6c https://www.ft.com/content/3aa0bd72-fa01-11e8-af46-2022a0b02... > Airbnb time limits 'ineffective in London' councils say https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38924720 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-38924720 > "Short term lets are having a terrible impact. They are hollowing out communities, both in the city centre and increasingly across Edinburgh. Residents are putting up with high levels of anti-social behaviour and, very worryingly for us, we believe there is a huge impact on housing supply," said Councillor Kate Campbell (SNP), housing convenor at City of Edinburgh Council. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47910700 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-47910700 etc. etc.

kd5bjo 7y ago
I didn’t mean to imply that your assertion was unsupportable, but rather to draw attention to the fact you didn’t provide any justification for it. Had you referred to one or two of these in your original comment, it would have gone a long way. Especially so if you had explicitly drawn a connection between your chosen examples and failed regulations or bureaucracy, which would have tied it into the wider conversation by an additional thread than argonaut’s name-dropping.