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Comment by Dramatize | Hacker News Reader

This doesn't seem legitimate. Not sure why, but it seems fake.

http://gawker.com/man-unwittingly-rents-out-apartment-on-air...

I'm sort of hesitant to use Gawker as an authoritative news source, but I'm willing to trust them that they do not entirely manufacture quotes from PR reps.

It is legit and it was on HN when it happened. I'm on mobile though so I can't really search for the first submission.

HN thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7407796

The full tumblr page has the whole story.

http://dearairbnb.tumblr.com/

Gotta get home and jump on the grandpa box before you can do anything real, eh? http://dilbert.com/strip/2011-08-03

The freak fest thing is true:

http://gawker.com/man-unwittingly-rents-out-apartment-on-air...

Whether or not this is the same person or an imposter? Who knows. But it wouldn't be surprising.

If true, it's entirely possible that Airbnb is more concerned about setting a precedent for any and all auxiliary damages that go along with a bad stay. What happens when someone gets kicked out of their apartment because a guest accidentally tipped off management that they were an Airbnb renter?

You should be kicked out of your apartment if you put your apartment on AirBnB in violation of your lease. "Breech of contract" and all that jazz.

I remember reading a past article about this when it happened with a lot of evidence. Pretty sure it is real.

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Did you look at the link? It's not NYC landlords; it's a list that's scraped from court proceedings and sold to tenant screening companies.

How is AirBnB responsible for how property management companies use public court record data? Sigh.

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