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From the comment in the article it sounds like they are trying to offload the cost/ effort of verifying listings to their customers as well: " But he said the process would involve asking users whether the information in certain listings turned out to be accurate " So when he says AirBNB is going to verify every listing, he doesn't actually mean they are paying people to do it...
Direct link to the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/business/airbnb-verify-li... .
From the comment in the article it sounds like they are trying to offload the cost/ effort of verifying listings to their customers as well: " But he said the process would involve asking users whether the information in certain listings turned out to be accurate " So when he says AirBNB is going to verify every listing, he doesn't actually mean they are paying people to do it...
How is this an improvement over Airbnb's existing review and complaint mechanisms?
The big problem here is the vast difference between "We are going to verify..." and what they are actually planning. It's just dishonest.
I don't see anything about addressing retaliatory negative reviews, which seems like a not insignificant part of the problem as described in the Vice article ( https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43k7z3/nationwide-fake-ho... )
While we're here, Congrats to Jersey City for regulating short term rentals like AirBnB. I'd hate to have to live next to a AirBnB unit.
I lived next to short term rental for a long time (and might still do, not sure). It's a mixed bag. Since it's short term rental it's empty half the time, which is good because I don't hear the noise from them. However during check-in and check-out time it takes a long time to get an elevator.
The only thing I am afraid of is whether the landlord would increase the rent to cover the lost revenue from short term rental.
Seems like they've let this all slide for way too long and it's all catching up to them at the worst possible moment.
From the comment in the article it sounds like they are trying to offload the cost/ effort of verifying listings to their customers as well: " But he said the process would involve asking users whether the information in certain listings turned out to be accurate " So when he says AirBNB is going to verify every listing, he doesn't actually mean they are paying people to do it...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just adding a bonus point system and giving bonus points for creating well documented problem tickets would do the same trick, imho.
Anything crowdsourced can and will be gamed. That is the essence of this type of problem.
From the comment in the article it sounds like they are trying to offload the cost/ effort of verifying listings to their customers as well: " But he said the process would involve asking users whether the information in certain listings turned out to be accurate " So when he says AirBNB is going to verify every listing, he doesn't actually mean they are paying people to do it...
How is this an improvement over Airbnb's existing review and complaint mechanisms?
Remains to be seen if this improves things in practice