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It seems to be the AirBnB's effort to build more and more community into the platform puts the business at odds with its ultimate growth driver (replacing/subst
by drinkzima 13y ago
It seems to be the AirBnB's effort to build more and more community into the platform puts the business at odds with its ultimate growth driver (replacing/substituting hotels). This just feels like another step to move the company further away from a hotel-replacement and more towards an online community, which feels more niche.
I'm not sure what the solution is to making hosts feel more comfortable with strangers, but stuff like this just makes me want to use the platform less.
- rayiner 13y agoIntroducing this sort of thing goes towards addressing the chief regulatory complaints about AirBnB, which is that it's actually about sharing and community, not just a way to arbitrage on exemption from (legitimate) hotel and zoning regulations.