I am a female and shares an apartment space with another female. We have another room in the apartment and use Airbnb to find longterm roommates. One of our condition is to host females and not males. I do an excellent job with every guest that I ever hosted. I normally only host people who stay for 4 or more months.
Because I share the space, it is important to understand the personality and type of person who is requesting. There was one time where I let my guard down and was more relaxed about it. I let one of the most awful person who is difficult, uncooperative, and a constant liar into my apartment. I had to terminate her stay on the spot. She was sent elsewhere, and another host had to deal with her awful mess. That host became so discouraged to host that he at the time considering leaving the Airbnb community because it scarred him. I was scarred too. Then, she ultimately deactivated her account.
This taught me to be very selective with my guest especially when I am sharing the space. Therefore, I reject a lot request and a lot of my requests are males. That is automatically 50+%
Apparently, Airbnb uses the acceptance rate to determine whether or not they take your listing down. What does the community think about this?