An Airbnb host's listing got suspended after a guest jokingly mentioned finding what looked like a crack pipe. Airbnb's automated safety system flagged it, and the host had to get the guest back on a support call to confirm it was a joke before the listing could reopen.
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So I'll give you an example. I had a guest. I don't know. I mean, they're obviously using AI to do this, but I had a guest one time, so I own properties, too, for those listening who don't know me. And I had a guest message me about their stay, and they were like, it was great, but we, like, found, like, a crack pipe on top of the fridge. And I was like, like, what? You know, And I didn't say anything about the crack pipe. But then, like, literally two hours later, my listing got. My entire listing account got frozen, like, shut down. And I'm like, what the heck? And so, like, I call Airbnb support, and they're like, yeah, like, it says something. Like, it's flagged, like, safety and all this other stuff. And I'm like. And the guy, like, he. He was kind of joking. Like, he found something that looked like a. Like a pipe, but it wasn't a pipe. And they had to get him on the phone to say that he was kidding, to confirm, to open up my listing again.