Nice I was loving Couchsurfing until they started aggressively monetising it. Had really great experiences with hosting people! Hope Couchers will revive the great experience of hosting people

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yosito 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

Couchsurfing isn't aggressively monetized. They've got a very very small annual fee, and once you pay it they never harass you for money. It's far less monetized than other mainstream apps.

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yoavm 2 days ago | parent [-]

Making it impossible for me to even see my own profile or message with people I previously hosted is exactly what I call "aggressive". It's not about the cost, it's about what exactly is being restricted. They literally took content that I created (MY profile) and are asking me to pay for it. A sane monetising approach would be to charge for sending new requests, for example.

	▲	kapsel 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		100% this. They took away all the (often very personal) reviews that is part of my account, and forced me to pay for access to them.

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rambambram 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Every month I get an email from Paypal that I automatically paid 1,99 euros to Couchsurfing. I love that email!

Had some great experiences with CS and I'm happy to pay them for these couple of times a year I host somebody.