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Re:Airbnb could plan to IPO by late 2020 by jghn on Friday June 29, 2018 @11:58AM (#17425228)
At least for folks in the US, a five star rating system usually is:

1: absolute nightmare 2: N/A 3: N/A 4: It was pretty bad 5: Acceptable or better

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Re:Airbnb could plan to IPO by late 2020 by skinnymuch on Friday June 29, 2018 @04:31PM (#17427625)
Is that specifically for Airbnb? It isn’t the case for Amazon, app stores, TripAdvisor, or Yelp. among other places. Why would Airbnb be different?
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Re:Airbnb could plan to IPO by late 2020 by Mithorium on Tuesday July 03, 2018 @01:59PM (#17452337)
Late response, but I think it has to due with social pressure. You may meet the host in person, and feel bad about giving someone you know "personally" a bad rating. Additionally, they are also rating you as a guest, so it may be awkward if you gave a bad rating when they give you a good one, so people skew the ratings up.
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