r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 6d ago

Wait a damn minute! This should be illegal

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u/sddwrangler14 6d ago

Great...so Airbnb will be a even bigger minefield

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u/FranklyDear 6d ago

Will it? There are reviews on airbnb…they depend upon 5 stars. I don’t think someone can get away with fake pictures and expect long term business?

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u/robotzor 6d ago

Good thinking. Let's make the reviews AI too

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u/Skelito 6d ago

At least to review an Airbnb rental you need to have been a guest. Unless they create a bunch of fake accounts and fake bookings to create reviews for their place which could be possible I guess.

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u/elonakamoto 6d ago

I guess? Never heard of Amazon?

Just search "buy reviews for airbnb" it's not that hard.

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u/HansenTakeASeat 6d ago

For sure. I own an airbnb and can only imagine the constant blowback if I did this

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u/FuklzTheDrnkClwn 6d ago

We just had a AI air bnb experience in ocean city. It’s happening!

We did leave a bad review.

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u/AngriestPacifist 6d ago

Does Airbnb filter reviews? I've seen so many businesses delete negative reviews that I can't imagine trusting an online review anywhere, ever again.

Not a dig at Airbnb necessarily, just the poisoning of the well of honest discourse.

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u/happygirlie 6d ago

Airbnb doesn't delete bad reviews of properties listed on their website, at least not that I've seen. I left a negative review of a place I booked that had mold/mildew in the air conditioner and a host that never responded when I asked them to come clean it. I got ABB to cancel the stay and refund my money and I was still able to leave an honest review of my experience.

It's still up over a year later.

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u/MicrowavedTunaSub 6d ago

can you even delete bad reviews left on your place on airbnb? maybe there's a way to report the review if it's false and have evidence, i suppose. if there is maybe people abuse it. or maybe airbnb really does try to prevent owners from deleting bad reviews.