The improbable rise and fall of Couchsurfing

Re:The improbable rise and fall of Couchsurfing by ShellfishMeme on Sunday May 31, 2015 @07:48AM (#9633873)

I meant something like "cultural fit" screening. If you pay, I don't care if you are a freelance developer, a young couple, whether you are introvert and stay in your room, or tell us your whole life story over dinner.

If you pay for it and want to spend two weeks alone in your room and never talk to us, that's more or less fine. If you live in my apartment for free and you're not getting involved in at least some way, I'll be angry and disappointed.

So that way, screening on CS needs to be much more thorough and the chance that you get disappointed is much higher.

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Re:The improbable rise and fall of Couchsurfing by drewmeyers24 on Monday June 01, 2015 @01:08PM (#9640286)

The screening process is vital. I believe if by giving people way more granular control over who (people and community members) they are willing to field requests from, we can increase the frequency of hospitality & cultural exchanges occurring.

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