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Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode on Sunday May 18, 2025 @11:31AM (#44022100)
Are you based in EU? If so, you should make a GDPR request to understand why you have been banned (ask ChatGPT or an equivalent to write one and for instructions in general to have a nice email that is based on GDPR).
Re:Love of cargo bikes is changing how we deliver goods in our cities on Friday September 27, 2024 @09:17AM (#41670078)
Hey Jdietrich, I posted a while ago about being banned of Airbnb and you suggested to use GDPR to make a request to the DPO. It worked, the account is "unbanned". Many thanks for you suggestion and vive le GDPR (writing you here because my original post was flagged so no more comment can be added).
Re:Airbnb banned me – how a ML model can misfire? on Thursday August 29, 2024 @04:31PM (#41394963)
I had 2FA, with a phone number that didn't change, and I didn't receive any emails about bookings (but my email address associated to the account was not changed by a hacker), so I really don't understand what happened.
Re:Airbnb banned me – how a ML model can misfire? on Thursday August 29, 2024 @04:29PM (#41394942)
That's a good plan, Merci. I will ask to access the data to understand why I was banned and then appeal to the decision.
Re:Airbnb banned me – how a ML model can misfire? on Thursday August 29, 2024 @04:20PM (#41394888)
My account taken over while I had 2FA activated and I never received any emails about suspicious transactions besides the support. Doesn't seem right. But I will definitely change the password once I get it back.
Re:Airbnb banned me – how a ML model can misfire? on Thursday August 29, 2024 @04:16PM (#41394858)
No email where received besides the automatic ones from the customer service. I have 2FA also that makes me very confident my account was not hacked.
Re:Dawn of a new era in Search: Balancing innovation, competition, and... on Thursday August 29, 2024 @03:04PM (#41394235)
What is "Lenses", is it the Google Lens?

Airbnb banned me – how a ML model can misfire?

Posted by baybayblonde on Thursday August 29, 2024 @02:07PM
from the self-post dept.

I've been a power user of Airbnb—wearing the hats of host, photographer, and traveler. Recently, I was banned without explanation, likely due to a misfire from their ML model. No chance for appeal, either. This experience has taught me two key lessons:The unregulated power of major tech giants is alarming. Getting banned from platforms like Airbnb, Google, Amazon, Facebook, or Instagram can...

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Re:French internet bandwidth available at the address level on Friday April 09, 2021 @04:16AM (#26747944)
The French regulator has launched its broadband map that states the speeds and ISPs available at the address level.