Of course it does, the date of last written review is a pretty good signal whether something shady is going on with an apartment/hotel. Hotels have much more g

Of course it does, the date of last written review is a pretty good signal whether something shady is going on with an apartment/hotel. Hotels have much more guest nights than apartments, so the network effects are much smaller there. There were companies trying to compete with AirBnB, but I'm not sure if they are still used, at the same time with hotel sites I just find the cheapest one for the hotel that I like.