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> How often do you hear people talk about being murdered in uber? I still hear it. How often do you hear it for Airbnb? I haven't heard someone express that wor
by bjarneh 6y ago
> How often do you hear people talk about being murdered in uber? I still hear it. How often do you hear it for Airbnb? I haven't heard someone express that worry yet.
Only in the US: They've solved one of the hardest problems, not being murdered while using their service....
- VectorLock 6y ago>How often do you hear it for Airbnb? I've heard a lot of potential hosts not do airbnb for worry of things like guests having massive parties, making drugs, destroying things, etc.
- madaxe_again 6y agoI’ve been running two airbnbs for two years, with over 1000 nights hosted, and I’ve had none of those things. The worst that’s happened is a guest broke a chair, which they apologised over and paid for. People are generally decent.
- 11thEarlOfMar 6y agoSome evidence of that would be that AirBnb has been growing for almost 15 years. If people were not generally decent, the business would never have scaled to this level.
- VectorLock 6y agoMy neighbor let his apartment out on AirBNB and the people who stayed there started a fire in the fireplace and didn't open the flue. I had to crawl out a smoke filled hallway.
- richthegeek 6y agoBritish person here: I get where you're coming from, sorta, but it's a pretty bad take... Uber has had their license revoked and returned repeatedly in London for the last few years because they have such a terrible reputation for consumer safety - instances of girls being assaulted by drivers, and insufficient protection by Uber after that. Sure, not murder, but still pretty bad.