Timeline for What are some general guidelines for sending a good request on CouchSurfing?
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| May 21, 2015 at 19:09 | vote | accept | JonathanReez♦ | ||
| Feb 4, 2015 at 16:18 | comment | added | Gayot Fow | @Flimzy, it's being sorted out in chat | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 15:05 | comment | added | Flimzy | (cont'd)...unique enough to warrant its own tag for some questions. Suspect such questions would likely be off-topic on this site though (but might fit on Web applications). | |
| Feb 4, 2015 at 15:05 | comment | added | Flimzy | Not at all. If someone had asked about it in a general sense (i.e. for all web sites), and then someone asked about Gumtree, I would probably flag the Gumtree question as a duplicate of the general one. I would not flag a couchsurfing one as a duplicate of a general one, though, as couchsurfing is unique enough, with its own unique community, that it will necessarily have its own nuances. Gumtree, as a general classifieds site, doesn't have much community momentum around hospitality exchanges, enough to make it unique. There might be other aspects of gumtree that would make it... | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 22:54 | comment | added | Flimzy | If you want a generic tag, I suggest hospitality-exchange, as that is a well accepted term for the type of site. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 22:47 | comment | added | Flimzy |
I will check out fixing the tag so that it refers to the broader social phenomenon of hospitality rather than a proprietary site -- This seems entirely inappropriate. If you don't like the scope of the question, you don't have to answer, but it's not appropriate to try to under-handedly change the scope by altering the definitions of well-defined and understood, and trademarked terms. If you think a broader tag would be useful, feel free to create it. And if a strong case can be made that couchsurfing should be merged into that one, so be it. But don't hijack a well-established tag.
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:59 | comment | added | Flimzy | And I won't go serially downvoting your other posts, because that's dishonest, unethical, and just plain stupid. I vote based on content of posts, not because I had a minor disagreement with someone. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:58 | comment | added | Flimzy | I have provided evidence why I believe your answer is wrong: It would encourage most legitimate CSer to reject the request out of hand, for appearing to be from a freeloader. Naturally, this is my opinion, and not an objective criticism, but I think it's a very legitimate one. My bigger problem with your answer is that it doesn't answer the question which is specifically about CouchSurfing. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:58 | history | edited | Gayot Fow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:52 | history | edited | Gayot Fow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:43 | comment | added | Flimzy | It says "on Couchsurfing." That makes it clear it's refering to a specific location/site, not a general concept. The tag refers to the specific site. The other sites don't use that term, and if they did they would be in clear violation of trademark. I know that Craigslist simply talks about "housing." To my (limited) knowledge of gumtree, they do something similar. Now that I've proven all of my comments accurate, and yours inaccurate, do you want to continue? | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 17:12 | comment | added | Flimzy | The question asks specifically about the couchsurfing site, and it is tagged specifically for the couchsurfing site. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 16:28 | comment | added | Flimzy |
When you get a reply, you can then begin negotiating rates -- The rates are pre-defined: FREE. It seems obvious to me you've never used CS. I have to wonder why you thought it would be a good idea to answer. -1
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| Feb 3, 2015 at 16:26 | comment | added | Flimzy | The ASL is always included in your profile. Repeating it in the surfing request makes me think they've never bothered to use CS, and I'm likely to reject their request out of hand. I think this sentiment is strong and growing on Couchsurfing, as they have become a for-profit company which, in the minds of many old-timers, has diluted the value of the site, and attracted a lot of freeloaders who aren't as interested in the old community values. | |
| Feb 3, 2015 at 15:43 | history | answered | Gayot Fow | CC BY-SA 3.0 |