> while the airbnb host in the linked article likely got flagged down by an alogrithm
We really don't have the slightest basis for that assessment, do we?
That highlights the deep problem with posts like this: they invariably have only one side of the story. That's not the authors' fault—why shouldn't they tell their side of the story? But it makes objective discussion impossible. Since the internet abhors a vacuum, what rushes in to replace the missing information is speculation and rage, and those things make for poor HN discussions no matter what the topic.
We really don't have the slightest basis for that assessment, do we?
That highlights the deep problem with posts like this: they invariably have only one side of the story. That's not the authors' fault—why shouldn't they tell their side of the story? But it makes objective discussion impossible. Since the internet abhors a vacuum, what rushes in to replace the missing information is speculation and rage, and those things make for poor HN discussions no matter what the topic.