Two popular HN pieces have recently touched on how journalists and newspapers give twitter too much weight:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23833267
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23827073
All I'm seeing in this article is a few people trying to get that dopamine rush of engagement by dunking on "landlords" (not that all AirBnB hosts are landlords, some are just folks renting an extra room out), and sfgate happily obliging them.