Airbnb asks for donations to their hosts

Raising the price and adding options are both perceived as frustrating experiences. Requesting donations (raising the price) on top of adding two negative choices (do I ignore donating and therefore spark feelings of being cheap, or do I donate and lose more money than I anticipated).

AirBnB is in a tough spot right now but this is a good reminder for product makers that people generally do not respond well to the above.

landlords: we deserve to make lots of money because we risk our money when buying property

also landlords: we need a bailout from our risky investments

Oh yeah let’s pay those guys, that buy apartments in our cities to rent them out to tourist, making our own rents go up.

What's the point of this post other than sparking a rage mob?

I do not see the point on linking to twitter instead of the official announcement[1]. Still, the fact this is a thing is interesting in itself.

Their landlords are in a really dire situation right now but airbnb cannot give them free money, so they are asking their customers to do so.

[1] https://www.airbnb.com/help/article/2795/how-can-i-send-a-ca...?

Sure thing AirBnB! I'll take out a personal loan right away. How much should it be?