Also: What are the rules for flagging on HN? Can people not express opinions here?
For reference: GP was expressing worry that she can't use HotelTonight anymore because of not wanting to support AirBnb. Glad nobody needs to read that anymore...?
TL;DR - good in the beginning when it was residents renting out rooms. Eventually developers and companies bought up vast amounts of housing in iconic neighborhoods, priced out residents, and "destroyed the soul of the neighborhood". New Orleans now doesn't allow AirBnB unless you are physically in the house with the renter.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2019/02/28/698763891/epis...
People criticize Airbnb here all the time. Anyone can eyeball https://hn.algolia.com/?query=airbnb&sort=byDate&dateRange=a... to see that it's not an issue.
In case anyone cares, liking has nothing to do with this. I dislike many perfectly fine-for-HN comments, and like many of the ones we moderate. For example, I like internet rants, at least the well-crafted ones. They lessen the monotony of reading crud all day. But it doesn't mean we won't ban you for it.
Despite the complete conviction of every troll in the neighborhood, the rules here are relatively objective.