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Re:Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone n... by ivan_gammel on Sunday January 29, 2017 @06:24AM (#13513657)
You make biased judgement without knowing how the service actually works. If you had a look at the disaster response page of Airbnb, as just did I, you'd find that the UX flow is different. You select the disaster first and then offer your housing, which means the hosts are informed about their potential guests.
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Re:Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone n... by forgetsusername on Sunday January 29, 2017 @07:39AM (#13513860)
>You select the disaster first and then offer your housing, which means the hosts are informed about their potential guests.

Yes, you do. What is AirBnB's role besides providing the platform?

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Re:Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone n... by ivan_gammel on Sunday January 29, 2017 @08:47AM (#13514094)
That's good itself because providing the platform is their core competence and they use it for public benefit. But if you think that it's not enough (for what?), they are also using their PR resources to spread the word and reach potential hosts who can participate.
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Re:Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone n... by rhapsodic on Sunday January 29, 2017 @10:38AM (#13514544)
Maybe someone should change the title of this post then, which, as I write this, is "Airbnb is providing free housing to refugees and anyone not allowed in the US."
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