@Emily352
Well said!
I especially liked:
Hey, poor host, what are you waiting for to make your hovel "better"? Four Russian globtrotters, who eat caviar and Cristal while migrating from one announcement to the next, can not wait to set foot in your house for € 1,000 a night! This is your awake service. Work hard to guarantee them a stay that satisfies their (gargantuan) expectations.
However, from what I've seen, Plus listings aren't necessarily priced higher than comparible listings in their areas, so the pressure is on, not necessarily for any significant financial, reward, but just to keep your listing higher in the search results. It was exactly this with IB.
So, Airbnb makes it automatic for only IB properties to show in results unless the guest is savvy enough to notice and switches the filter off. Now, they totally dominate the homepage with Plus and probably push Plus to the top of the listings. Meanwhile, guests still have no idea what a Superhost is and, unless the host tells them, will never find out...