[Throwaway12830]

Agreed. However, no one is going to compete with Airbnb anytime soon. To compete, you can't just be a little better, you need to be a lot better. Reason being, people have accounts on Airbnb, they have feedback, and they're familiar with the experience. If a slightly improved HN is released by someone tomorrow, we don't all jump ship, because we're invested in the current community. For us to leave, it would need to profoundly improve on the experience or offer incredible content. Likewise, to compete with Airbnb you would need a completely different approach or business model, or have a selection of apartments that are far beyond Airbnb in quality and affordability.

Airbnb pushes out updates frequently, their site offers a great experience to the user, and they have a solid team of developers that stay ahead of the game. They're going to be here for a while.