> Let's assume that Brian's quoted 2 million nights of rentals is accurate. The reason they haven't done anything is that 1 in 2 million isn't accurate. 1 in 5

> Let's assume that Brian's quoted 2 million nights of rentals is accurate. The reason they haven't done anything is that 1 in 2 million isn't accurate. 1 in 50,000 is probably stretching it. Consider the accidental AirBnB trespassing/squatting reported by another HN reader here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2820644 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2820644 It's starting to look like AirBnB's business model relies on tricking people into making a bad financial decision[1] and then ignoring and intimidating them when things go bad. [1] 99.99% chance of gaining $100 with 0.01% chance of losing $50,000 is positive expected value, but if losing $50,000 would bankrupt you it isn't a game you should play.