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Re:Airbnb raises $1B at $31B valuation, became profitable in... by 6t6t6t6 on Thursday March 09, 2017 @05:55PM (#13834613)
> and get more people to review honestly

This. Something I hate is when people think that 5 stars have to be given "by default". For me, an uneventful stay in a clean place should mean 3 stars. If the place is specially nice or the owner was really kind, 4 stars. And 5 stars should only be for my _favourite_ places.

I stopped doing airbnb when, for several times, I booked 4.5 star places and they turned out to be honestly crappy.

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Re:Airbnb raises $1B at $31B valuation, became profitable in... by dorianm on Thursday March 09, 2017 @06:04PM (#13834671)
People often rate 5 stars but the comments always describe the place in details.

Typically the cheapest places are also the ones where people don't have high expectations so they will rate 5 stars but leave a comment describing the quirks of the place

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