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I think it is nice and I hope it stays nice, but I would predict, that quality will drop a lot if it goes viral. I mean, there are pictures and contacts of rea
by hutzlibu 5y ago
I think it is nice and I hope it stays nice, but I would predict, that quality will drop a lot if it goes viral.
I mean, there are pictures and contacts of real women in there. That approach works bad with certain parts of the internet. But this part is usually not leaving their basement and goes travelling, so I hope it catches on with the right people and stay nice at least for a while.
- h0l0cube 5y ago> that quality will drop a lot if it goes viral One thing I liked about Couchsurfing that I think could have potential is the concept of vouches. You can only vouch for someone once you've received enough vouches. That along with with references provided a good way to quickly gauge the character and trustworthiness of a person. To gain vouches and references you had to have invested in the community. Not perfect, but often good enough. Couchsurfing also had volunteer community safety ambassadors, but I think less people seem motivated to do that kind of thing these days. I think a lot of the oldschool Couchsurfing moved to BeWelcome and Trustroots
- danieltait 5y agoThanks I like these ideas
- toyg 5y ago> But this part is usually not leaving their basement Unless you find a way to validate that one really is travelling, that's a red herring. The issue is that I can see Female X is in London and I can pose as a traveller to catfish her (or worse). Which is annoying, because the idea is good. I guess this is why we can't have nice things.
- imwillofficial 5y agoWhy are catfishing targets only limited to women in your examples?
- toyg 5y agoI really didn't, it was just an example, but it's a fact that, on this sort of platform, women tend to get prompted/harassed more.