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I would prefer a world in which we didn't call some people griping on twitter "news". Two popular HN pieces have recently touched on how journalists and newspa

I would prefer a world in which we didn't call some people griping on twitter "news". Two popular HN pieces have recently touched on how journalists and newspapers give twitter too much weight: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23833267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23833267 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23827073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23827073 All I'm seeing in this article is a few people trying to get that dopamine rush of engagement by dunking on "landlords" (not that all AirBnB hosts are landlords, some are just folks renting an extra room out), and sfgate happily obliging them.

claudeganon 6y ago
Airbnbs are, by definition, short term rentals that don’t follow the rules imposed on the hotel industry, so how are they not landlords? Apparently one third of their hosts own 25 or more units, which I imagine is quite a bit more than the average small-time landlord.
mdszy 6y ago
"some are just folks renting an extra room out" That's a landlord.
- hoseja 6y ago
  Person of land, please.
- setgree 6y ago
  I think I should have said "full-time" or "professional" landlord. I had thought that the word had a connotation of it being a full-time gig, but I was wrong.
sct202 6y ago
At least the tweet I saw on the article had thousands of likes. I've seen some articles where a person said something on Twitter and there's 12 likes and the writer is trying to make it sound like a trend.
pp19dd 6y ago
Consider this one a features story. No so much need to follow an assembling crowd and seeing what they're griping about in person anymore, trending will show it. Fact of the matter is that momentarily twitter reflects general public discourse and has to be engaged with. Not to say that the whole public discourses through twitter, but that it generally reflects public discourse. As in, even the broadcast segments that are watched by technophobic grandparents show it on screen, reference it, and then talk about it.

claudeganon 6y ago

Airbnbs are, by definition, short term rentals that don’t follow the rules imposed on the hotel industry, so how are they not landlords? Apparently one third of their hosts own 25 or more units, which I imagine is quite a bit more than the average small-time landlord.

mdszy 6y ago

"some are just folks renting an extra room out" That's a landlord.

hoseja 6y ago
Person of land, please.
setgree 6y ago
I think I should have said "full-time" or "professional" landlord. I had thought that the word had a connotation of it being a full-time gig, but I was wrong.

sct202 6y ago

At least the tweet I saw on the article had thousands of likes. I've seen some articles where a person said something on Twitter and there's 12 likes and the writer is trying to make it sound like a trend.

pp19dd 6y ago

Consider this one a features story. No so much need to follow an assembling crowd and seeing what they're griping about in person anymore, trending will show it. Fact of the matter is that momentarily twitter reflects general public discourse and has to be engaged with. Not to say that the whole public discourses through twitter, but that it generally reflects public discourse. As in, even the broadcast segments that are watched by technophobic grandparents show it on screen, reference it, and then talk about it.