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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by runako on Thursday September 08, 2016 @12:25PM (#12454462)
>homeowner's use of Airbnb is more analogous to listing in the "newspaper classifieds" rather than contracting a human broker.

Except that AirBnB:

- collects money and acts as a financial intermediary

- provides some measure of insurance to both sides of the transaction

- provides some measure of support before/during/after a stay

- more?

Basically, it's nothing like a newspaper classified.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by Spooky23 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @05:39PM (#12457580)
That's more AirBnb's issue than the homeowner. The whole business is illegal.
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