Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy

Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by return0 on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @04:18PM (#5105344)

It is actually surprising how little people protest about unregulated sharing sites like airbnb. It may be that big cities have lost the sense or the need for community or local identity, so that everyone can be considered a short or long term resident.

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Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by geebee on Friday January 25, 2013 @11:45AM (#5116300)

I'm very late to this part of the discussion... but I just realized that I should object to the use of "sharing" as a way of describing a site like airbnb.

I'm a little irritated with myself, because I actually referred to it as a sharing site in an earlier comment.

While there can be some ambiguity around the word "sharing", this one is not a tough call. Airbnb is a commerce site, it absolutely is not a sharing site.

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Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by smokeyj on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @04:44PM (#5105474)

Unregulated sharing pisses me off. Let's put an end to this madness.

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