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Talk of the Town: November 10th, Helping Hosts and Data Ownership
2021/10/13 by Marlies.
Read an overview of the vibrant Community Forum discussions over the past few weeks!
Talk of the Town: October 13th, 2021—Better traveler-host communication and Secret Santa!
2021/10/13 by Marlies.
Read an overview of the vibrant Community Forum discussions over the past few weeks!
Updates from the development team: October 10th, 2021
2021/10/10 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Talk of the Town: September 29th, 2021—What's in a name?
2021/09/29 by Marlies.
Read an overview of the vibrant Community Forum discussions over the past few weeks!
Updates from the development team: September 26th, 2021
2021/09/26 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Updates from the development team: August 29th, 2021
2021/08/29 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Talk of the Town: August 25th, 2021—It’s about culture!
2021/08/25 by Natalia.
Read an overview of the vibrant Community Forum discussions over the past few weeks!
Updates from the development team: August 15th, 2021
2021/08/15 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Talk of the Town: August 11th, 2021—Map Search, template messages, and “kind encouragements” to fill in your profile!
2021/08/11 by Natalia.
The vibrant discussions on our Community Forum continue as per usual!
Read an overview of what has been discussed in the forum in the past few weeks.
Updates from the development team: August 1st, 2021
2021/08/01 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Talk of the Town: July 28th, 2021—Checkboxes, documentation, and… towels
2021/07/28 by Natalia.
Did you know we have vibrant discussions on our Community Forum?
Read an overview of what has been discussed in the forum in the past few weeks.
Updates from the development team: July 18th, 2021
2021/07/18 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Talk of the Town: July 14th, 2021—Hosting and User preferences, and Gender Inclusivity
2021/07/14 by Natalia.
Our biweekly digest for the Couchers.org Forum. Did you know we have vibrant public discussions about couch surfing and the future of Couchers.org? Everyone is welcome to participate!
Updates from the development team: July 4th, 2021
2021/07/04 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
First Open Town Hall
2021/06/27 by Aapeli.
We kicked off our first Open Town Hall event, read the questions and answers here.
Updates from the development team: June 20th, 2021
2021/06/20 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Q&A with the Contributors: Darren
2021/06/19 by Emily.
Meet Darren, senior frontend engineer.
Updates from the development team: June 6th, 2021
2021/06/06 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Q&A with the Contributors: Mindy
2021/06/04 by Emily.
Get to know Mindy: graphic designer and writer.
Updates from the development team: May 23rd, 2021
2021/05/23 by Aapeli.
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Celebrating our one-year anniversary
2021/05/16 by Mindy.
A brief recap of the platform’s milestones so far, at what we hope to achieve over the next 12 months.
Updates from the development team: May 9th, 2021
2021/05/09 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Making couch surfing friends virtually from the other side of the world
2021/05/01 by Emily.
How one writer joined and developed a virtual community of avid couch surfers during the pandemic.
Updates from the development team: April 25th, 2021
2021/04/25 by Aapeli.
Read the latest updates from the Couchers.org development team.
Q&A with the Contributors: Lucas
2021/04/07 by Emily.
Meet our frontend development team lead: Lucas!
Q&A with the Contributors: Miuriel
2021/04/05 by Emily.
We're chatting with Miuriel, our graphic design team lead!
Q&A With the Contributors: Nolo
2021/03/29 by Emily.
Get to know our forum admin: Nolo!
Couchsurfing™ has Banned Online Events
2021/03/25 by Emily.
Couchsurfing™ support has released an update, changing the policy to ban virtual events across the platform.