@Helen3 @Emilia42
Hi Helen, I am not getting 'upset' whether a guest photo is visible or not! What difference does it make? The guest is still the same guest no matter whether you can see them or see a goldfish! And if contributors here on the CC are to be seen as a random sample of users many of them don't have a useable photo. A lot of profile photos feature ducks in flight, or sand rolling in on a beach, or the favourite pooch!
I don't give a provberbial! I accept guest whether they have photos or not!
What I am concerned about is the fact that Airbnb would see this as a worthwhile initiative, something that would improve the running of the platform....lead to less issues. Each year the hosts job gets harder as Airbnb searches for that hosting utopia where complaints disappear and Airbnb are able increase their service fees to 50%.
Last year a report (according to Forbes) showed that 8% of Airbnb hosts are Superhosts. How do you go about lifting that percentage because, that is seen as a sales positive? You increase the statistical minimum requirement so that at least half that number will loose their status......Is that a good sales initiative? How did they ever think that was going to build business confidence, downrating your trusted star host base!
We are continually being bombarded with system tinkering, which it is left to us to find out by trial and error. Wouldn't a running hosting bulletin board showing proposed changes be a good idea. At least give us some idea of what is going on.
Photos.....Helen and Emilia, I couldn't care less about photos, it's the fact that Airbnb never thought it was important enough to be a hosting issue!
Cheers......Rob