> Airbnb now has an in-house task force devoted to the manual review of suspicious activity. I just finished reading the businessinsider piece and maybe they'd

> Airbnb now has an in-house task force devoted to the manual review of suspicious activity. I just finished reading the businessinsider piece and maybe they'd want to hire an outside firm to manually review all suspicious activity, from both the host and renter perspective and Airbnb itself. Also, and this may be a little bit of closing the barn door a couple of months too late, but one assumes that guest/host welfare would've been paramount right from the beginning, as one case like EJ's demonstrated how vulnerable a publicly-facing business model can be, as any real life business/insurance executive could've explained. Is it me or did the idea of making off with $50,000 in renovations cross anyone else's mind? I think telegraphing the intent to pay a guaranteed specific amount sets the new minimum for fraudulent activity and removes the burden of responsibility from the hosts, whose relation to Airbnb is that of a customer, not a business partner. And yes, back in the old days and out of necessity, people did stay in other people's homes, but not every apartment was a rooming house and the landlord was usually on the premises.