@Sean433 You have raised some really good points about the Superhost status, because while I do know that some guests look specifically for Superhosts when they book--I have friends who use Airbnb for booking, for instance, and they have told me that--I have also been reading posts from many hosts who, like you, are questioning whether it is worth it.
Here's an example of how it can work against you. We have two good friends of ours in Portugal who host two apartments, one in the husband's name and one in the wife's. I'm not sure why they don't do it as a team, but they both have Superhost status and seem to think it is better this way.
Well, this summer, each of them in their respective listings had groups of young women from hell as guests. They came, got drunk and partied the whole time, broke or ruined things in the house, disturbed the neighbours, made a mess in bars and restaurants in the area to the point where the police had to be called, and so on.
But here's the catch: our friends refused to write a bad review for these guests, because they knew that as soon as the guests read that a review had been published, they would write a bad one in retaliation, and our friends would lose their Superhost status. So instead, they let these "ladies" get off Scot free, with no consequences--until they turn around and do the same to some other poor hosts next time. (And believe me, we pleaded with our friends to write a bad review, even just before the 14-day deadline. But they just wouldn't do it.)
So, you can see how the Superhost status can actually work not only against the hosts who have it, but also against other hosts. Clearly, this is a problem that needs some investigation and repair, and we can only hope that someone in Airbnb is listening.