@Charles183
"I have found over $4,000 in payouts that haven't been paid to myself and client's accounts I manage, some two years past due."
How many clients?
Sorry, but this just feels like a sticky mess.
Yes, $4,000 is a big deal overall, it points to a much bigger deal, bad Airbnb.
But the rest...
@Mike-And-Jane0 made an astute observation.
I add how many clients? How much were you personally not paid and how far back? And for each client, without naming names, the same?
I don't mean to offend but to be blunt and honest, I'm a bit German that way. To be blunt, this post is as fishy to me as the guest who didn't have hot water for 24 hours of a hour stay and then, before the second day was up, posted on the forum for backup and wanted to pile on every missing lightbulb and promised cooking utensil and the host's body odor (a small exaggeration, she was offended by him) to calculate while still at the stay what percentage refund to ask for. In other words, what I see is you posting about an emotionally charged subject and trying to use that to rally support from hosts (though I don't know why because you've said nothing about a complaint about the payouts or trying to stop the IPO), and then adding fuel to the bonfire with an amorphous number of clients and the total amount. I don't smell honesty here, I just smell a smoke screen. Your response to @Mike-And-Jane0 came across to me as an evasion and firing back in defense, not the heartfelt words of an honest victim.
So what's that actual story? What are you trying to achieve? I don't respond to emotional appeals but just a tiny bit, I respond to facts and a whole story. Then I might jump on your bandwagon if it all seems legit, I'll be glad to lend you the power of my voice. Of course, I'm a guest and not a host, so maybe my voice wouldn't have as much weight for your case if you are presenting one somewhere, but I am a fellow regular user of the hosting platform, and I know from personal experience that Airbnb pulls some b.s.
In short, if you're wanting folks to pick up torches and pitchforks...for what purpose?