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In related news, https://www.warmshowers.org/ https://www.warmshowers.org/ (a couchsurfing, but only for cyclists) also changed "business model" this month. How
by m4lvin 6y ago
In related news, https://www.warmshowers.org/ https://www.warmshowers.org/ (a couchsurfing, but only for cyclists) also changed "business model" this month. However, they will not charge existing active users and only ask new sign-ups for 30 USD once for lifetime access.
https://www.warmshowers.org/sites/default/files/files/inline/Announcement_English.pdf https://www.warmshowers.org/sites/default/files/files/inline...
- kpennell 6y agoThanks for sharing. WS is a great case study. I've known a lot of people who have used it and it doesn't have the sexual harassment and/or hookup thing of CS. It also feels much more barebones, which I'd say people kind of like.
- justnotworthit 6y agoDid they do a "host only" free signup? I left couchsurfing (which i used mostly for hosting) to warmshowers where I've hosted a dozen or two guests over the last few years. I've never traveled on a bike and don't have any plans to. The guests are great, since bike touring is a filter for a certain kind of person. I don't know I would have signed up if it were $30 (though it has obviously been worth it). One of my "things to do when im rich" daydreams was to visit my favorite guests/host from CS in a world tour. Most I didn't exchange numbers or emails with, but having their good reviews on my profile was a monument of what the kind of person I wanted to be. If it's true I can't message them now, I should've got rich sooner.