[ytNumbers]

Thank you for that link. It was enlightening in ways I didn't expect. For example, I had no idea that airbnb was so broken:

"You'll notice that nearly all the reviews of places to stay on AirBnB are positive. Why? Because if you post a negative review, the host is likely to post a negative review about you in retaliation. And once you have a negative review as a guest, nobody will rent to you."

[th0br0]

Not sure whether it was different in the beginning, but nowadays, reviews are only displayed after both parties have submitted theirs - or once the 14 day window for submitting reviews has expired.

[archagon]

Yes — this has fortunately been fixed. I still have the problem where if the hosts are really nice but the place isn't great, I don't want to leave a bad review and shut down their operation. As a result, I mostly leave reviews when the stay was amazing in some way.