In Silicon Valley, Community is just a synonym for Sheep

amen

Do these companies not provide jobs and stimulate the local community ?

These companies don't feed families ?

Same for Yelp, Huff Post, or LinkedIn.... and still, people are willing to give away their content for free, only to enrich a bunch of "chosen ones".

I think the sentiment is a little harsh. For every company that is Uber, there are companies with similar services who don't act that way.

From my perspective, the real problem is the minimization of real negative effects.

Airbnb provides a nice service, but the sad reality is that for every renter or homeowner trying to make ends meet, there is a "Airbnb" entrepreneur who is taking otherwise fully residential housing and turning it into an Airbnb hotel. And why is this bad, you say?

For one thing, it decreases inventory and increases prices for the people who actually live in these areas.

The apartment below me is one such. No one even lives there at all - every weekend there is a new individual, or usually a group of individuals coming in to visit my city. The "owner" comes by on a bicycle to drop off keys. I am constantly having to wonder if the latest stranger is an Airbnb customer in this unit or an intruder.