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by ThorAway00 1931 days ago
Throwaway for obvious reasons:

While working for a big vacation rental company in Portland not named Airbnb, they rolled out a review update that still added negative reviews to the 5 star score, but hid the context.

A rental may have a lowered star rating but the only story you’d see was praise.

Business is not about logic like engineering. It’s about growing margins, and that is entirely emotional.