[anyidiot]

That "it" happened doesn't "mean anything". I think what you mean is that when bad shit happens to a person, it doesn't mean that person is bad. But even if that is what you mean, that it happened does "mean" something to EJ. It also most definitely "means" something to AirBNB. I don't know what yet. I suspect that the internet is so fickle, and that even if the cost/benefit analysis demonstrated that AirBNB is a universally bad idea, that people would still do it because they perceive less risk in events they choose [1]. Equally, the whole thing could just be overblown because its news.

"People underestimate risks they willingly take and overestimate risks in situations they can’t control. When people voluntarily take a risk, they tend to underestimate it. When they have no choice but to take the risk, they tend to overestimate it."

  [1] http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/11/perceived_risk_2.html