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How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Re: How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Post by d3x »

bugsy wrote: post #12

That's extremely interesting. When the victim EJ posted (was it Thursday?) about being intimidated and lied to by Airbnb, it was obviously very different from what they were saying publicly. I figured though she is very very upset about everything and overreacting. However, this new report is a second witness that Airbnb is playing dirty behind the scenes while acting all nice guy in public, and PG defending it. Prob…

This whole thing really shows the character of Airbnb in general. First there was the issue with spamming people on craigs list (PG also defended this action) and now this, next there will be something else and im sure that PG will come to their defense again. I understand he has to say whatever he needs to say to protect his investment but a little objectivity would nice.

Re: How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Post by frossie »

coffeemug wrote: post #19

The way many people here jumped to conclusions after the initial AirBnB story based on almost no information is really disheartening. Insulting the founders of the company, the victim, and concocting conspiracy theories based on a few paragraphs of information with barely any evidence is a really poor way to conduct oneself. Most decent people wouldn't do it in face-to-face conversations without getting to know a per…

Dude, have you even read the OP? The AirBnB thing has left the building, now it is Arrington drama. Throw in PG, and this is going to be HN fodder for days. C'est la vie.

Re: How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Post by sriramk »

grovulent wrote: post #13

It's he said - she said - kinda stuff that ultimately we'll never get to the bottom of. But Arrington so often finds himself at the centre of these idiotic exchanges and personal attack-fests that it's very hard not to believe PG about this. It's just a real shame that the reputation of a really cool company rests on that level of exchange between folks. It must be really frustrating for them.

No it doesn't. Their reputation rests on their users, one of whom is trashing them in public after a bad experience. Arrington/TC have published pretty much everything Chesky have told them, including letting them do a guest post.

Re: How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Post by nikcub »

airbnb chose to use Techcrunch as the venue, and there is still no mention of this on their own blog or website.

they should just cut it straight and adress all their users on their own site

Re: How The Hell Is This My Fault?

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Post by todayiamme »

This might seem stupid, but given the line of events if I was AirBNB's founders I would do this; offer EJ my place to stay, and cook a simple meal for her. That's it.

The shortfall of AirBNB over here is that they might care, but they aren't coming across as someone caring, and a little bit of empathy coupled with a genuine act of kindness will go a long way over here.

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