The Death of Couchsurfing?

Re:The Death of Couchsurfing? by abyssin on Monday May 18, 2020 @03:15AM (#23219300)

Have a look at Trustroots, the management of the project is quite different and doesn't put the same emphasis on formal democratic processes as BeWelcome does, but it makes for a community that's closer to what seems to me the authentic couchsurfing spirit. All of these hospex networks brought me a lot anyway.

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Re:The Death of Couchsurfing? by gmargari on Monday May 18, 2020 @11:37AM (#23223720)

Thanks for the link abyssin, indeed seems very interesting. Btw, I tried accessing my profile from Wayback Machine and got a nice "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine". Really Couchsurfing?

Also, I forgot to mention that the message you get when you login to couchsurfing.com is a landing page that says: "Due to the impact of Covid-19, we need your immediate help to keep Couchsurfing alive" and then the only options you have are: 1. Pay with Credit Card 2. Pay with PayPal 3. Logout (https://imgur.com/g7QKHEt)

Their site totally looks like ransomware.

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Re:The Death of Couchsurfing? by nicksellen on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:25AM (#23219800)

I'm one of the Trustroots contributors, you're right about the governance topic, we have a do-ocracy approach right now (described a bit at the bottom of https://www.trustroots.org/faq/foundation). I'm actually keen to evolve this, with a more specific approach to community-governance, but this thinking and these talks take time.

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Re:The Death of Couchsurfing? by abyssin on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:29AM (#23219822)

I'm perfectly happy with the current style of governance. It seems like it works, while BeWelcome is still struggling with endless babbling.

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