Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ...
by untog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:11PM
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Let's say someone is bigoted and they own a company - if you're a potential employee in a group they dislike, do you really want to spend your days in their workplace? Also, what are the chances that the bigoted employer is going to provide a good experience or career progression when required?
...so we're cool with dropping employment discrimination laws too?
Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ...
by exclusiv on Thursday September 08, 2016 @04:43PM
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You're comparing employment with staying at someone's HOME.
Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ...
by untog on Thursday September 08, 2016 @06:05PM
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If you choose to make your home a place of business, you must comply with business rules.
They're providing a service in return for money, they have to declare the earnings from such for tax purposes... there is no line here. A psychiatrist who operates out of a home office has no legal right to discriminate based on race, either.
1) AirBnB has a history of poor support for hosts that have troublesome renters.
2) AirBnB does a terrible job screening renters.
3) This could be easily used against a host improperly. I had a group of sorority girls that wanted to book my house. They told me they had almost 40 women so I declined. I don't have a problem with women but this could be used against me in a legal battle. You have to discriminate as a host. If 10 young guys wanted to book my house too my radar would be off that they MIGHT be there for a party. It has nothing to do with being a bigot against age or gender but minimizing risk which AirBnB does not help with.
If they enforce instant book I could be stuck with 40 women at my house in a city I'm legally approved for advertising and sleeping 14 (it's based on 200 sq ft per person). AirBnB doesn't have all the local rules.
4) Let's say someone is bigoted and they own a house - if you're a potential renter in a group they dislike, do you really want to shell over money to them and stay at their home? Also, what are the chances that the bigoted host is going to provide a good experience or good customer support when required?
These booking sites are taking more money and providing less. They want to drop your ADR like Uber wanted to drop fares for wider appeal. And they avoid all liability. It's getting more and more unfriendly for hosts.