Fun fact: The Air in Airbnb is not a reference to the internet or the "cloud". It's a reference to literal air beds. They started by hosting guests with air beds, and even required their early hosts to exclusively use them until they realized how absurd that rule is.
nolifeorname on August 31st, 2018 at 14:54 UTC »
The cease-and-desist must've worked, i'm unable to connect!
iwouldieforGladOS on August 31st, 2018 at 15:16 UTC »
Fun fact: The Air in Airbnb is not a reference to the internet or the "cloud". It's a reference to literal air beds. They started by hosting guests with air beds, and even required their early hosts to exclusively use them until they realized how absurd that rule is.
For their full story from Brian Chesky himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W608u6sBFpo
Harflin on August 31st, 2018 at 15:24 UTC »
I feel like an idiot for not understanding the initial Airbnb = localhost joke. Can someone enlighten me?