@Clive1, @Lizzie,
I find this thread 3 weaks later, but as it is somehow still unfinished, I comment on it.
Clive, there were several misunderstandings, that I believe to understand:
You cannot answer by mail to forum posts. I know, that's quite an easy function and in my job, I implemented it on a forum approximately in 2006. Unfortunately, it's not active here. Most people do not understand the option anyway, so I understand that airbnb did not activate it. Besides, to create a community, it would be better if people come back to answer and read something else and comment on that too.
But you are right, the text of the email notification is misleading.
You do not get all answers to a thread, if you do not click the case to get them. Only if someone hails you with the @ sign, then you are notified. There is also an option in the profile to get all posts of every thread you posted to.
Lizzie has the power to remove parts of a post. The option should be applied to insults of others or airbnb - I suppose she gave up on you as nobody understands you anyway :-))
(But for a not native English speaker like me, of course)
@Clare0 does not pretend to be from Canada, airbnb's list of country abbreviations has some strange choices. There are country codes you cannot fathom out but by clicking on a profile, then on the listing and then zoom out on the map of that listing to see the country appear - another point to improve.
You will see more hosts with US in their profile but living elsewhere as that's the default.
And yes, it's a strange idea that some have US and Californians have CA, like not being in the US.
You can see your reviews from your computer account without creating a link: On top of the page, left of your picture, click on Host, scroll down to reviews, you can see those you got, those you wrote and those that can still be altered or answered with a public statement.
To leave a review, you have to wait for the mail notification, which may be within 2 hours or a day after checkout.
As it's a global business and a global community, you can't expect everyone to answer in perfect English. Airbnb is a startup, a very succesfull one, but still a very young company with a mostly young team. So they don't use Yankey slang in my opinion, they use new management slang. Your fellow hosts come from all countries and backgrounds - you must be the first who saw an uniformity in the answers. But maybe it was a day, where everything was equally annoying?
