@Anne1325
Yes, my comment did appear in this thread, and the message count did change from 59 to 60 - twice - but a short time later (5 - 10 minutes), what I'd written about the company to which Airbnb outsources the verification, processing and storage of our most sensitive personal information, disappeared without trace. On both occasions.
I guess we could put it down to yet another "glitch". I have had posts I've written suddenly vanish from the screen many times before, but that was always while I was actually typing them out, or immediately when I pressed "send". Prior to last night, I've never had my comments actually appear on the thread for a short period of time, and the message counter on the thread increase accordingly, before abruptly disappearing into oblivion. (This also happened to another somewhat controversial comment I posted on a different thread, while more benign comments I posted, escaped unscathed)
Interestingly, at the very time I was posting my comments, and they were disappearing, "Airbnb4" was also online here in the CC, posting their own comments on the Smart Pricing debacle. Coincidence?? Who knows, but regular users of the Community Centre are already well accustomed to the arbitrary censorship that goes on here.
I'm glad you got to see my comments in your inbox, at least. Please feel free to do a search on the internet to verify what I wrote in that post. It's all there in black and white - from reputable sources, not online tittle-tattle - once you know what you're looking for. I make a point of never posting any claims regarding Airbnb, without first checking, double-checking and treble-checking, with several independent sources.
It's so sad to see that dealing with Airbnb's nonsense is forcing great people like yourself to abandon the platform, after such short periods of time, but unfortunately, that's what it's come to now. They don't care though - in their eyes, for every small host and homesharer that bails out (or is forced out), there's an unlimited stream of big players with hundreds or even thousands of properties each, ready and eager to jump onboard the gravy train.
What Airbnb don't seem to grasp though, is that the overall quality and reliabilty of their offerings s plummeting, both host and guest loyalty and commitment to the company is now at an all-time low, their brand image and reputation is shot to bits, (Airbnb has an abysmal consumer satisfaction rating on well-known review site Trust pilot, of just 1.4 (out of 10!!), and they're fast becoming one of the most despised companies on the planet, due to the trail of despair and destruction they're leaving in the wake of their unstoppable quest for global domination, and insatiable hunger for unimaginable riches for the few at the very top of the Airbnb pyramid.
Perhaps they should concentrate their energies into rectifying those issues, rather than wasting their time and efforts attempting to quell lone voices in the wilderness.
I wish you the very best in whatever your next endeavours may be! It's a shame your Airbnb dreams didn't work out, but at least you found out early that all that glitters in Airbnb world, truly isn't gold! (Unlike those of us who have poured too many years of blood, sweat, tears, time, effort and money into building up our little hosting businesses, to walk away now with nothing) Best of luck to you, Anne 😉