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Meanwhile, behind the scenes, we also know for sure that investors in the company leaned on publications like TechCrunch to stop reporting the story. Their ludicrous wail of protest: AIRBNB IS RUN BY NICE GUYS! IT’S NOT FAIR TO CALL THEM OUT WHEN THEY SCREW UP!

How does that lose you? By all accounts that is pretty much what has occurred: AirBNB staff have contacted both EJ and TechCrunch asking them to go easy on the coverage. No one denies that, right?



Maybe I have a lingering hope that Airbnb staff couldn't possibly be that stupid…




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