Airbnb Reviews Are Broken (And We’re All Pretending They’re Not)

There’s a quiet, almost elegant distortion happening across Airbnb. Not loud, not obvious, not something you notice immediately, but once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

It’s not about hidden fees, or cleaning charges that feel like a second rent, or even the occasional “creative” interpretation of square meters. Those are surface-level annoyances. The r…