Airbnb launches $50000 guarantee‎.

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25 pointssinzone3 comments

> The birth of Airbnb is a unique story. But the founding of our company simply does not compare to recent events.

Weird way to open; what does this even mean?

"A whole lot of people who had never heard of airbnb have recently heard of it as a tool for burglars to get into your house."

Understandably, the AirBNB guys are trying to change that impression ASAP

I'm sorry it took such an event to get airbnb to change their policies, but i'm glad they've added a warranty of some sort and changed their verification practices.

They handled the situation with EJ badly, but this move shows that they are probably a good company at heart and care about their customers.

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