Interview · moment 21 of 33
Creepy Surveillance Culture of Airbnb Hosts
from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330
2 min
Guest
Tim argues Airbnb enables hosts' voyeuristic surveillance impulses, citing a viral story of a woman who booked an abandoned, vandalized villa in Bali.
- Airbnb has monetized people's weird voyeuristic impulses and should be outlawed.
- Woman books an Airbnb in Bali only to find an abandoned villa with smashed windows.
- Tim explains why he used to enjoy Airbnbs but now understands their appeal as pretending to live somewhere else.
- Airbnb deleted his account with no process or ability to defend himself.
- Tim knew Airbnb was finished when they started asking him to clean up after himself.
- If there's a cleaning fee, guests shouldn't have to do chores—it defeats the purpose of vacation.
- Many Airbnbs are just spare rooms or garages run by people trying to make extra money with mixed results.