CouchSurf.info
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COUCH SURFER - Couchsurfing around the world!
Description
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- CouchSurfing is a worldwide network for making connections between travelers and the local communities they visit.
Ready to start seeing the world? It's smaller than you think, when you go via the CouchSurfing Project.
Start surfing now.
Find other people just like yourself who are willing to host you on their couches! Go!
The CouchSurfing Project is a free international Internet-based hospitality service.
As of July 2007, it had more than 250,000 members in 216 countries and territories.
From various indicators it can be estimated that many members were actively using the website, with 40% offering their couches to host travelers (with another 22% saying `maybe` and others who are traveling at the moment).
Members use the website, initially designed by founder Casey Fenton, to coordinate accommodations.
It features extensive profiles, and uses an optional credit card verification system, a personal vouching system, and personal references to increase security and trust. There are many other features on the site, such as interest discussion groups, meeting functionality, live chat and more.
In June 2006 the project experienced a number of computer problems resulting in much of the database being lost.
It was initially announced that the project was being ended; however, within days it was confirmed that the site would be rebuilt, and users were again able to login (but not yet access the site's full functions).
`CouchSurfing 2.0` was announced on 3 July 2006, planned to be operational within 10 days.
As of July 7th 2006 couchsurfing.com is once again fully operational although some, mostly inactive profiles, group postings and personal messages seem to have been lost. Most functions and pages are unchanged the biggest change is the way friend links are managed now) and the site is called `2.0` now because of a philosophical change, the site's motto is `Participate in Creating a Better World, One Couch At A Time`.
In August a CS wiki was launched where everyone is invited to participate and make CouchSurfing better.
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