Comments on: Launch of Open CouchSurfing – don’t panic http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/ The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ScotchScotchScotch http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-98 ScotchScotchScotch Tue, 15 May 2007 00:14:35 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/#comment-98 I applaud your effort, sincerely. I found CS due to the mainstream press coverage that resulted from "the great crash" and within a few weeks realized that there was minimal transparency, and that the whole thing was mostly about the cult of personality that is Casey Fenton. Glad to see over a year later, I was not alone in my observations. Found this site by reading a post referencing differing viewpoints posted on the wiki (about volunteering and consulting), posted here: http://thecouchsurfingbuilding2.hyperboards.com When I was posting constructive criticism about a glaring lack of documentation and organization, seemingly deliberate, and was growing more frustrated by the day, someone anonymously directed me to that hyperboards forum. Glad to find this blog, too. I just completely gave up on volunteering any effort whatsoever to help support CS, either with tech talent, or monetary contributions. IMO, the whole thing was built from the beginning, purely to serve Casey. From his first hack in spamming the entire student body e-mailing list in Finland (or wherever it was) so he'd have some place to stay, to his efforts to keep a free vacation pad staffed with cooks and maids and coders, and a harem of fawning women around him at all times. Any attempt to request a divestiture of power, to a more transparent and shared arrangement, was met with either silence, or hostility. Looks like little has changed in the last year or more, and my observations were perfectly valid. Good on yer! I applaud your effort, sincerely. I found CS due to the mainstream press coverage that resulted from “the great crash” and within a few weeks realized that there was minimal transparency, and that the whole thing was mostly about the cult of personality that is Casey Fenton.

Glad to see over a year later, I was not alone in my observations. Found this site by reading a post referencing differing viewpoints posted on the wiki (about volunteering and consulting), posted here: http://thecouchsurfingbuilding2.hyperboards.com

When I was posting constructive criticism about a glaring lack of documentation and organization, seemingly deliberate, and was growing more frustrated by the day, someone anonymously directed me to that hyperboards forum.

Glad to find this blog, too. I just completely gave up on volunteering any effort whatsoever to help support CS, either with tech talent, or monetary contributions.

IMO, the whole thing was built from the beginning, purely to serve Casey. From his first hack in spamming the entire student body e-mailing list in Finland (or wherever it was) so he’d have some place to stay, to his efforts to keep a free vacation pad staffed with cooks and maids and coders, and a harem of fawning women around him at all times.

Any attempt to request a divestiture of power, to a more transparent and shared arrangement, was met with either silence, or hostility.

Looks like little has changed in the last year or more, and my observations were perfectly valid.

Good on yer!

]]> By: Mentor http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Mentor Mon, 07 May 2007 09:49:05 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/#comment-28 A good step in the right direction. Will this change the way things have been run for years? Time will tell. Bottom line this will galvinate the inner circle towards a more open organisation. A good step in the right direction. Will this change the way things have been run for years? Time will tell.

Bottom line this will galvinate the inner circle towards a more open organisation.

]]> By: tgoorden http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-26 tgoorden Mon, 07 May 2007 09:33:06 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/#comment-26 Nodice, thanks for the comment. I've corrected the mistakes. I really need to brush up on my English (it's my third language, but still) or at least review properly. Nodice, thanks for the comment. I’ve corrected the mistakes. I really need to brush up on my English (it’s my third language, but still) or at least review properly.

]]> By: keimform.de » Öffnung von Reisenetzwerken wird versucht http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-14 keimform.de » Öffnung von Reisenetzwerken wird versucht Sun, 06 May 2007 21:25:11 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/#comment-14 [...] Wie beim Hospitality-Club gibt es nun auch bei CouchSurfing Bestrebungen,  das Netzwerk zu öffnen und auf “demokratische” Beine zu stellen. [...] [...] Wie beim Hospitality-Club gibt es nun auch bei CouchSurfing Bestrebungen,  das Netzwerk zu öffnen und auf “demokratische” Beine zu stellen. [...]

]]> By: nodice http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/comment-page-1/#comment-9 nodice Sun, 06 May 2007 18:28:57 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/06/launch-of-open-couchsurfing-dont-panic/#comment-9 Just browsing through I noticed two things. Unefficient isn't a word. The word you are probably looking for is inefficient. Secondly this sentence "CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation, if enough people have to want it to be." is incorrect. Some options might be "CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation, if enough people want it to be." or alternatively, "CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation but for this to happen enough will people have to want it to happen." though the double happen seems akward to me. Just browsing through I noticed two things. Unefficient isn’t a word. The word you are probably looking for is inefficient. Secondly this sentence “CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation, if enough people have to want it to be.” is incorrect. Some options might be “CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation, if enough people want it to be.” or alternatively, “CouchSurfing could easily become a much more open and representative organisation but for this to happen enough will people have to want it to happen.” though the double happen seems akward to me.

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