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Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by johngladtj »

rubyn00bie wrote: post #13
arp242 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I find it rather concerning how quickly and gleefully some people throw away basic precepts of our civilisation just because they don't like someone. I thought we figured out that individuals should be treated as individuals, and not by any personal attributes they may have, such as family. Should the parents of Jeffery Dahmer be banned from AirBnB? Or the parents of a convicted murderer or rapist who has since been…

> I find it rather concerning how quickly and gleefully some people throw away basic precepts of our civilisation just because they don't like someone. I thought we figured out that individuals should be treated as individuals, and not by any personal attributes they may have, such as family. This is a private business doing what it pleases. This is nothing like throwing away civilization. That could be said however…

If your stance on this is "private businesses can decide who they do business with" then that's fine.

But do so in a consistent manner without approving of the legally required carve outs whose sole purpose is to enforce a world view you find acceptable

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by diebeforei485 »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #6

I'm curious to know how they could determine that an account belonged to the parents of someone whose account they had banned several years before (according to tweets).

Airbnb requires users to verify their ID so they have access to more information than the typical website.

It's also possible they had the same address or something.

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by e_i_pi_2 »

barelysapient wrote: post #24

I think once a platform has greater than N users, regulators need to oversee and regulate de-platforming.

Oversee and regulate in general, I'd go a step further and say once the private market discovers something like this we should have some part of the government develop a public alternative - that would solve a lot of the issues we're seeing with social media and companies like this by making them publicly owned and controlled

I think the big issue with deplatforming is that these companies generally have a monopoly in some way, so we need a viable alternative or they need to be publicly owned

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by gs17 »

the_shivers wrote: post #25

Per this article [0], it seems they have had their accounts reinstated. AirBnB claims it was a mistake, Southern says they're lying. Judge for yourself. [0] - https://www.dailywire.com/news/airbnb-are-lying-lauren-south...

It was a "mistake". That doesn't mean it was an accident.

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by knewter »

e_i_pi_2 wrote: post #26
barelysapient wrote: post #24

I think once a platform has greater than N users, regulators need to oversee and regulate de-platforming.

Oversee and regulate in general, I'd go a step further and say once the private market discovers something like this we should have some part of the government develop a public alternative - that would solve a lot of the issues we're seeing with social media and companies like this by making them publicly owned and controlled I think the big issue with deplatforming is that these companies generally have a monopoly i…

I don't believe a government-run AOL is likely to produce more benefit than the web Cambrian explosion. This proposal would lead to government blessings making things like AOL too big to fail.

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by e_i_pi_2 »

knewter wrote: post #28
e_i_pi_2 wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oversee and regulate in general, I'd go a step further and say once the private market discovers something like this we should have some part of the government develop a public alternative - that would solve a lot of the issues we're seeing with social media and companies like this by making them publicly owned and controlled I think the big issue with deplatforming is that these companies generally have a monopoly i…

I don't believe a government-run AOL is likely to produce more benefit than the web Cambrian explosion. This proposal would lead to government blessings making things like AOL too big to fail.

I'm more saying we'd let the private market do it's thing, but then once we realize there's some core needs - search, basic social media, forums, etc - then we can make a public alternative that's free to access and run by the people instead of a private company that has to prioritize profits

Re: Airbnb banned her parents for being related to her

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Post by knewter »

e_i_pi_2 wrote: post #29
knewter wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't believe a government-run AOL is likely to produce more benefit than the web Cambrian explosion. This proposal would lead to government blessings making things like AOL too big to fail.

I'm more saying we'd let the private market do it's thing, but then once we realize there's some core needs - search, basic social media, forums, etc - then we can make a public alternative that's free to access and run by the people instead of a private company that has to prioritize profits

I anticipated that was what you meant, and believe it would have a horrific outcome. AOL, but run like the DMV.
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