Weaponized shelter: a website that lets tenants bid against each other for apartments, in 1000 cities
by Cory Doctorow from on (#2J3RC)
Rentberry -- run by a Travis Kalanick-style markets-fix-everything doctrinaire named Alex Lubinksy -- collects renters' personal information and their bids on apartments, then presents them to landlords, who get to choose among high bidders to rent to. (more")