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  • How Couchsurfing became the Friendster of the sharing economy – Gigaom
    https://gigaom.com/2015/01/10/how-couchsurfing-became-the-friendster-of-the-sharing-economy

    Voilà un article intelligent avec plein de commentaires utiles.

    Before there was Uber, Lyft, or Airbnb, there was Couchsurfing. For a certain sect of millennials — say, those entering college between 2005 and 2011 — Couchsurfing was transformative. Members all over the globe offered up their couches for free to these cash-strapped travelers.

    It was the original sharing economy, except there was a lot more “sharing” in Couchsurfing’s version than there was “economy.” And that was the problem.

    Without a way to properly support itself, the application staggered under the burden of its popularity. It nearly went out of business because of technical problems, and its community struggled to maintain its values with the flood of new users. Raising venture funding just exacerbated the problem, triggering power struggles between long time volunteers and new leadership.

    Couchsurfing learned the hard way that “sharing” doesn’t scale easily. Can an organization founded on cooperation sustain itself in a capitalist world?

    Meet and Stay with Locals All Over the World | Couchsurfing
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    Couch Stories is a collection of amazing and inspiring stories we find right here in the Couchsurfing community.

    Privacy Policy | Couchsurfing
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    Couchsurfing.com Privacy Policy

    Effective Date: May 25, 2018

    Datenschützer kritisiert neue Nutzungsbedingungen von CouchSurfing.org | heise online
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    Datenschützer kritisiert neue Nutzungsbedingungen von CouchSurfing.org

    Der Bundesdatenschutzbeauftragte Peter Schaar hat nach zahlreichen Beschwerden deutscher Reisender die zuständige US-Aufsichtsbehörde auf Missstände bei den Geschäftsbedingungen der Bettenbörse hingewiesen.
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    Ask the CEO: Revenue at Couchsurfing – Couchsurfing Blog
    https://blog.couchsurfing.com/ask-the-ceo-revenue-at-couchsurfing

    January 19, 2015
    Couchsurfing

    When people ask me how Couchsurfing will make money, my answer is pretty simple: we’ll experiment with well-understood monetization models to see what works best for the community and the company. Experimenting means we’ll test, iterate and learn.

    Couchsurfing’s revenue, at present, comes from its Verification service. Members have been asking for a long time about our plans for monetization. The answer wasn’t very illuminating but it was the truth: until now, we hadn’t been particularly focused on monetization.

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    CouchSurfing - Wikipedia
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CouchSurfing#Criticism_from_members_of_the_conversion_to_a_for-profit_

    The conversion to a for-profit corporation was objected to by many members.[26][37][38] Founder Casey Fenton said he received 1,500 emails in the days after announcing the conversion.[1] Even though the founders did not receive any cash from the financing,[39] members were opposed to the founders having a valuable ownership interest in an organization that was financed by donations and built using volunteer work.[26][34] The company spent more than $10,000 on a public relations firm to educate its directors on how to respond to the press about the conversion to a for-profit entity. A 3-page letter was sent to over 1,000 volunteers.[

    The Business Model of Couchsurfing.org by Gerhard Pilz - issuu
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    Couchsurfing Dilemma: Going for Profit | Inc.com
    https://www.inc.com/magazine/201206/issie-lapowsky/couchsurfing-new-profit-model.html

    The website’s goal was to connect people, not make money. How would user react to a new, for-profit business model?

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    (Fast) Gratis Reisen: Amazon.de: Anja Kühner, Jean-Louis Pagès: Bücher
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    About BeWelcome: Impressum
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    BeWelcome is a project and thus the property of BeVolunteer, a non-profit organisation ruled according to the French law of July 1, 1901 and the decree of August 16, 1901. BeVolunteer is registered at the Préfecture de Rennes under RNA number W353003546.

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    Free Accommodation world wide through Hospitality Exchange - Hospitality Club
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    What is the Hospitality Club?

    Our aim is to bring people together - hosts and guests, travelers and locals. Thousands of Hospitality Club members around the world help each other when they are traveling - be it with a roof for the night or a guided tour through town. Joining is free, takes just a minute and everyone is welcome. Members can look at each other’s profiles, send messages and post comments about their experience on the website.

    The club is supported by volunteers who believe in one idea: by bringing travelers in touch with people in the place they visit, and by giving “locals” a chance to meet people from other cultures we can increase intercultural understanding and strengthen the peace on our planet.

    GlobalFreeloaders.com / The Worldwide Free Accommodation Network
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    GlobalFreeloaders.com is an online community, bringing people together to offer you free accommodation all over the world. Save money and make new friends whilst seeing the world from a local’s perspective!

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