[ballenf]

And you shouldn't apply car safety rules to motorcycles or bicycles.

Airbnb isn't a hotel. It should have to live by "the rules", but those rules should be tailored to it's industry not a tangentially related industry threatened by its existence.

[athenot]

In this case, Airbnb is a motorcycle with 4 wheels, a roof and windows. While technically still running a motorcycle engine, the perception it is actively courting among its users is that of a car.

So in once camp, people are saying it should be regulated for what it feels like: a car. In the other camp, people are saying that it should be regulated for what it's made of: a motorcycle. There are good (and bad) arguments for both sides.