Couchsurfing Staff Are Heading Out into the Wild

Our Mobile Software Engineer, Nathaniel, spent over two years surfing with his wife, Kim, around the…

Say Hello to Community Manager, Massimo Bennardo

We’re so excited to welcome long-time member Massimo Bennardo to the Couchsurfing team. Massimo joins us…

The Future of Couchsurfing

Dear Couchsurfers, For the past few months I’ve been surfing, hosting and spending time in the…

The Couchsurfing Events System: Now With Co-Organizers and Calendar View!

Over the past week we’ve rolled out a few more changes to the events system. Based…

Changes to our Terms of Use

Last month we made some small but significant changes to our Terms of Use. Based on member input,…

Updates to the Couchsurfing Events System

Thanks everyone for all your fantastic feedback so far on our Events system. Today we released a…

Member Removal: Is Couchsurfing Censoring the Community by Removing Outspoken Members?

There’s a rumor circulating that Couchsurfing removes members because they are outspoken or don’t agree with…

Learning Quickly and Iterating Against Real Data (or, Why We Release Systems Without Features We Publicly Admit We’d Like to Have)

Konawaba, Couchsurfers! Today we’re addressing a question from the Beta Panel: Why does Couchsurfing launch new…

Community Safety and Profile Deletion

Hi Couchsurfers! We are sometimes asked about member profile removal and why we may have chosen…

Launching Events in Early March: Community Update 2.13.13

Privet, Couchsurfers! We’re really excited to announce the upcoming launch of our new Events system. Members…