No, couchsurfing killed themselves when they became a corporation and started trying to monetize. They were a non-profit, but changed to a class B corp. Fuzzy on the details there, but it was the beginning of the end. I was a lonf time couchsurfer, had a lot of great times thanks to them, but it started feeling noticeably different after the change and I stopped using it.
no unfortunately, couchsurfing changed their webstie model, made a paywall to even access old profiles, held people hostage. i couldn’t even login without paying money, so i never logged in.
a shame.
You beat me to it. Couchsurfing had a website long before airbnb it just wasnt as popular because it wasnt about making money.
Then people forgot it existed.
No, couchsurfing killed themselves when they became a corporation and started trying to monetize. They were a non-profit, but changed to a class B corp. Fuzzy on the details there, but it was the beginning of the end. I was a lonf time couchsurfer, had a lot of great times thanks to them, but it started feeling noticeably different after the change and I stopped using it.
no unfortunately, couchsurfing changed their webstie model, made a paywall to even access old profiles, held people hostage. i couldn’t even login without paying money, so i never logged in. a shame.