Comments on: Opencouchsurfing.org scares me

By: Doogie

Doogie — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:04:13 +0000

I don’t want to waste time with openCS anymore. I have a very personal problem with how openCS works. So don’t expect a constructive dialogue coming from me either.

By: guaka

guaka — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:39:44 +0000

I was showing this post to my dear friend amylin and I noticed a part I hadn’t seen before, that makes me wonder: “I casually drop some of the questions/my concernes in a casual way to see how they would react. … EVERYTIME, they just gave me a complete answer on the how, the when, the why and the amount of money. They told me EVERYTING!” Why aren’t questions answered in a public, non-PR way then?

By: fkeel

fkeel — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:58:27 +0000

hm. so whats your point? … throwing mud does not help anyone invloved … … stupid and pointless.

By: Doogy

Doogy — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:26:26 +0000

I also say this blog is extremely subjective and therefore irrelevant for outsiders. I just played the openCS game and exagerated it big time:) Its fullon openCS cake man and its all yours
Maybe I should have added 5 more superlatives with every statement just for the fun of it. Please, dont make a fool of yourself and don’t take this post or blog very serious, certainly the part of sneaky paul. That is not what this blog is for.

By the way, Paul, I really had fun going wild with my imagination writing your part. Hope you and your friends can see the humor behind it.

You know, throwing mud back can be fun too and its really easy:)

By: Callum

Callum — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:57:20 +0000

I’m guessing there are more ex-volunteers associated with OpenCS than there are volunteers at the collective. There are certainly more petition signatures.

You say about OpenCS:

It exhausted blind destructive negativity towards the couchsurfing team based mostly on misinformation, twisted logic on incomplete knowledge of whats going on or just plain stupidity or jealousy.

You also say about “Paul”:

I imagine him on one of his loveless lonely nights

To me, that sounds very much like “misinformation, twisted logic on incomplete knowledge”.

You later refer to “Paul” as:

Yes you, hidden behind the pseudonyme Paul and your little friends?

This sounds to me like you want to have your cake and eat it.

I expect your volunteering within CS will go one of two ways. You’ll become a Casey fanatic and get on well, or soon enough, you’ll realise how the organisation is run and, like so many volunteers before you, you’ll leave.

I do hope you enjoy the outrageously expensive Thai collective, I certainly had fun in New Zealand.

By: Scared by OpenCouchSurfing? at OpenCouchSurfing.org

Scared by OpenCouchSurfing? at OpenCouchSurfing.org — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:56:02 +0000

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By: flo

flo — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:54:26 +0000

hai, waw straf verhaal, hoge bomen en wind zeker, ik vrees dat steeds meer mensen beledigingen zullen moeten slikken dankzij het internet, snelle media ontvangen snelle kritiek.

ik geloof dat Sasha Baron Cohen sinds Borat 300+ rechtzaken heeft moeten uitvechten voor zijn grappen op TV…

als ge goed bezig zijt en blijft zult ge wel nog zo’n aanteigingen krijgen, misschien een succesbarometer?

By: nonkel alain

nonkel alain — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:14:17 +0000

uw ik , uw idee, uw leven daar hebben al die anderen niks mee te maken, jij regelt,stuurt je eigen leven ….. punt uit
spijtig , je persoonlijke gegevens worden, werden misbruikt, hopelijk vind je hiervoor een oplossing maar t zou zeer spijtig zijn uw blog op te geven + toch leuk iets te horen voor de familie
eindelijk kreeg ik nu ook eens uitleg over couchsurfing ,want ik kon die manier van reizen, leven niet goed begrepen
het flowerpower idee blijft toch nog enigszins actueel
leuk;
tot later
alain

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:03:25 +0000

Hehe … Tsk tsk tsk …

By: Gertjan

Gertjan — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 11:43:57 +0000

Scary. Especially the time they invest in it.
But don’t stop the blog in any case, cause it’s bloody brilliant.