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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…

Place Page design updates and retiring Community Details: Community Update 2.6.13

Hello Couchsurfers, I’m Sam Houston, Community Manager at Couchsurfing HQ. I’m writing this week’s blog post…

Still Waters Run Deep: Community Update 1.30.13

Bonjour, Couchsurfers! This week we’ve already released a few small changes and will be releasing a…

January Couchsurfing Webcast Panel

This past Sunday, we held our second live webcast, this time with a panel discussion! CEO…

Big Things Have Small Beginnings: Community Update 1.24.13

Hello Couchsurfers! I’m delighted to be sharing our ongoing product development updates with you on the…