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Re:Airbnb's experiment in combatting rental bias means swapp... by KarlKemp on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:11AM (#29809110)
Orchestras famously switched to behind-the-curtain auditions. As expected, it got the same sort of objections as in this thread.

It’s famous for the ridiculous differences he policy change made. Women's success rates doubled overnight.

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Re:Airbnb's experiment in combatting rental bias means swapp... by gaganyaan on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @09:32AM (#29809401)
The result of those changes are actually not so clear:

https://statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2019/05/11/did-blind-...

Blind auditions seem like a good idea regardless, don't get me wrong. But the headlines talking about 50% increases are probably wrong.

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