nabramow

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   by nabramow 1y ago

   Couchers Frontend Team Lead here. Aapeli is out for the night so I'm popping in to answer from my POV. I think the main difference is that we're trying to capture the spirit of what CouchSurfing.com used to be: modern, easy to use
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   by nabramow 1y ago

   Oh hey, volunteer dev at Couchers.org here. How cool to see this pop up on Hacker News! For the n00bs: I think the best way to explain the concept of couch surfing is to imagine visiting a friend in another city — they show you around, you
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   by nabramow 1y ago

   IMO AirBnb and Couchsurfing have to entirely different aims. AirBnB is about the space itself. You pay for the space. Couchsurfing is about the people sharing the space with you, cultural-exchange, etc. You do not pay, it's more about
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   by nabramow 1y ago

   Volunteer dev for Couchers here. We're actually a totally separate website from Couchsurfing. Different team, different tech stack, though we hope to keep the original vibe of CS alive! You can find us at couchers.org.
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   by nabramow 1y ago

   Volunteer dev for Couchers here, crazy seeing this pop up here! Anyway to answer the question, we are totally separate from Couchsurfing.org! We created Couchers in 2020 after Couchsurfing put up a pay wall, after going for-profit and going