So what's the deal here...is Airbnb going to keep forking over money for everyone who violates the terms of service, not to mention the state law? Is this covered by Airbnb's insurer, or is Airbnb paying this out of pocket because it turned into a social media blowup and it's worth eating the loss?<p>There's just something about this comedian's indignant attitude that is a real turn off...the way he carefully worded his original post to make it sound like the orgy actually took place, omitting the details that made it clear he prevented the party. And his laughable claim of "this is a family building"...yes, I'm sure the families really appreciate you renting out your apartment to total strangers with no vetting. I wouldn't be surprised if some of this was a setup to provide material for his next comic routine.
Person rents out apartment to an individual who ended up lying to him. Is furious at AirBNB service for some reason.<p>Does this logic work with other middleman services as well?<p>Some examples:<p>* Buy high priced item from (high ranked, but does it really matter?) individual on Ebay, turns out to be fake. Complain that this is Ebay's fault.<p>* Make some kind of deal on Craigslist. Deal falls through. Claim all the fault of Craigslist.
Already discussed a couple of days ago:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7407796" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7407796</a><p>This article does however get into the followup between "victim" and AirBnB.
It's really horrible that happened to this guy. It's not really AirBNB's fault but I am happy to hear they are helping him out regardless.<p>Letting someone into your <i>home</i> should be a rather big deal. Just because some website vouches for a person doesn't mean you shouldn't do some checking up of your own.<p>It's sort of like Craigslist. Beware and assess the risks carefully!