Zag To The Zig #24 :: Trump's Social Media election tactics, AirBnB losing money & copyrighting the robot
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Good news for all you Curiosity Cats out there. In general, people who are more curious are happier (yeah, whatever) and better liked (now we’re talking!!). This is what tickled my ZTTZ-bones this week. In the Economy Room I experienced the weird economics of the platform economy firsthand when I had to cancel my AirBnB reservation in Austin (due to the cancellation of the SXSW festival there). Luckily, the owner had pretty relaxed cancellation conditions, but less so with AirBnB. Not only had they been sitting on the upfront payment for a few months (no doubt generating an interest), they also didn’t refund the ’service fee’ of about 150€. Little service, lots of fee when you think that the cancellation of this 1 event is causing an estimated
Zag To The Zig #24 :: Trump's Social Media election tactics, AirBnB losing money & copyrighting the robot
Zag To The Zig #24 :: Trump's Social Media…
Zag To The Zig #24 :: Trump's Social Media election tactics, AirBnB losing money & copyrighting the robot
Good news for all you Curiosity Cats out there. In general, people who are more curious are happier (yeah, whatever) and better liked (now we’re talking!!). This is what tickled my ZTTZ-bones this week. In the Economy Room I experienced the weird economics of the platform economy firsthand when I had to cancel my AirBnB reservation in Austin (due to the cancellation of the SXSW festival there). Luckily, the owner had pretty relaxed cancellation conditions, but less so with AirBnB. Not only had they been sitting on the upfront payment for a few months (no doubt generating an interest), they also didn’t refund the ’service fee’ of about 150€. Little service, lots of fee when you think that the cancellation of this 1 event is causing an estimated