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Couchsurfing

2016-01-31T20:56:15Z

Franck: /* Other CS information */

As of 2009 '''CouchSurfing''' is the biggest [[hospitality exchange]] network.

== Events ==
The website features a searchable database of hundreds of upcoming events organised by CouchSurfing members. The big so called camps were started in 2004, mainly organized by former volunteers of [[Hospitality Club]], including the annual (2005 - 2010)"[[Berlin]] Beach Camp" which drew over 1,000 attendees, the annual "WinterCamp", a [[New Year's Eve]] party hosted in a different city in [[Europe]] every year. Most organisers open there camps for members from CouchSurfing, Hospitality Club, [[BeWelcome]] and everyone else, that is interested.

==Unofficial technical tips and tricks for CS==
===Delete your CS group posts===
* There is an [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/couchsurfing-extension/ addon or firefox] for hiding posts via the "my group post pages". It's a radical resolution, but unlike the description said it's no real deletion, it makes use of the CS function to hide posts. So every post can be restored manually (and by CS-admins). If the post is an initial one, it is also hidden from the list of posts on the group page.

===CS Data backup===
* [http://couchwiki.org/en/File:Backup_messages.sh backup_messages.sh]: UNIX shell script for making a backup of a user's CouchSurfing messages. See the top of the script for usage instructions.

===Protect your picture rights===
* Upload only a useless 1px by 1py image and use the caption field for a html image-tag to include a pictures hosted somewhere else. As this pictures isn't uploaded to CS you don't have to agree with the terms of use regarding the upload of images. More info [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=11166431 here].

==Information about CS going B Corp==
August 25th 2011 it was announced CS turned into a B-corp. Some more info:
* [[faq-cs-bcorp]]

== Logo ==
* The [http://www.dafont.com/jenna-sue.font?text=couchsurfing&psize=l font for the CouchSurfing logo] is a freely available font made by Jenna Sue.

==Other CS information==
* The history of CouchSurfing was a history of [[volunteer resignations]].
* [http://www.opencouchsurfing.org Open Couchsurfing]
{{stub}}
[[Category:Hospitality exchange networks]]
[[category:Couchsurfing]]

Couchsurfing

2016-01-31T20:47:48Z

Franck: /* Other CS information */

As of 2009 '''CouchSurfing''' is the biggest [[hospitality exchange]] network.

== Events ==
The website features a searchable database of hundreds of upcoming events organised by CouchSurfing members. The big so called camps were started in 2004, mainly organized by former volunteers of [[Hospitality Club]], including the annual (2005 - 2010)"[[Berlin]] Beach Camp" which drew over 1,000 attendees, the annual "WinterCamp", a [[New Year's Eve]] party hosted in a different city in [[Europe]] every year. Most organisers open there camps for members from CouchSurfing, Hospitality Club, [[BeWelcome]] and everyone else, that is interested.

==Unofficial technical tips and tricks for CS==
===Delete your CS group posts===
* There is an [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/couchsurfing-extension/ addon or firefox] for hiding posts via the "my group post pages". It's a radical resolution, but unlike the description said it's no real deletion, it makes use of the CS function to hide posts. So every post can be restored manually (and by CS-admins). If the post is an initial one, it is also hidden from the list of posts on the group page.

===CS Data backup===
* [http://couchwiki.org/en/File:Backup_messages.sh backup_messages.sh]: UNIX shell script for making a backup of a user's CouchSurfing messages. See the top of the script for usage instructions.

===Protect your picture rights===
* Upload only a useless 1px by 1py image and use the caption field for a html image-tag to include a pictures hosted somewhere else. As this pictures isn't uploaded to CS you don't have to agree with the terms of use regarding the upload of images. More info [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=11166431 here].

==Information about CS going B Corp==
August 25th 2011 it was announced CS turned into a B-corp. Some more info:
* [[faq-cs-bcorp]]

== Logo ==
* The [http://www.dafont.com/jenna-sue.font?text=couchsurfing&psize=l font for the CouchSurfing logo] is a freely available font made by Jenna Sue.

==Other CS information==
* The history of CouchSurfing was a history of [[volunteer resignations]].
* [http://www.opencouchsurfing.org Open Couchsurfing]
* CS hierarchy before sold out, fantasmed by french Ambassadors: [[file:Organigramme CS Monde.ppt]]
{{stub}}
[[Category:Hospitality exchange networks]]
[[category:Couchsurfing]]

BeWelcome censorship

2015-08-20T19:30:10Z

Franck: /* Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but there have been some alleged cases of censorship in BeWelcome, in ocasions where the moderation team aplied the [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/rules forum rules] and this decision was disputed by the ofenders.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
This team was created in 2006 [http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011 [http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 39 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 39 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 39 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for one year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

The censorship on BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.

BeWelcome censorship

2015-08-20T19:26:19Z

Franck: /* Censorship of BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but there have been some alleged cases of censorship in BeWelcome, in ocasions where the moderation team aplied the [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/rules forum rules] and this decision was disputed by the ofenders.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
This team was created in 2006 [http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011 [http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 39 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 39 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 39 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for one year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Censorship of the BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

The censorship of BeWelcome page has been modified to become irrevelant by the BeWelcome team.

BeWelcome censorship

2015-08-20T19:24:15Z

Franck: /* Censorship of BeWelcome censorship */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but there have been some alleged cases of censorship in BeWelcome, in ocasions where the moderation team aplied the [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/rules forum rules] and this decision was disputed by the ofenders.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
This team was created in 2006 [http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011 [http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 39 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 39 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 39 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for one year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship couchwiki page ==

The censorship of BeWelcome page has been censored by the BeWelcome team.

BeWelcome censorship

2015-08-20T19:23:43Z

Franck:

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but there have been some alleged cases of censorship in BeWelcome, in ocasions where the moderation team aplied the [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/rules forum rules] and this decision was disputed by the ofenders.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
This team was created in 2006 [http://www.bewelcome.org/wiki/Annual_report_2006-2007], and was then named "Forum team". In 2007-2008, it intervened a first time (by a warning), but this team started to be busy in 2011 [http://downloads.bewelcome.org/BeVolunteer%20Annual%20Report%202011_2012.pdf], when the forum activity increased.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, invitations to Seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossposting cross posted] 39 times. Groups and forum were then displayed on the same page, and some members have perceived an irritating disruption of all other on-going threads of the forum. After several days of crossposting, 39 copy-pastes of the same message were eventually deleted by a member of the moderation team because there was a clear infraction of Forum & Groups rules. This opened a debate [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417] about many topics including moderation. Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378 the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team has not changed the ruling about the infraction to the rules. It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only 39 repeatition of the very same message were deleted, and the original post was kept, which some consider as less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* In June 2013, [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] a forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post that contained an offtopic unsolicited offer of his professional services for money in a local group forum.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for one year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Censorship of BeWelcome censorship ==

The censorship of BeWelcome page has been censored by the BeWelcome team.

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:35:38Z

Franck: /* Removal of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* June 2013: [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation] forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:35:07Z

Franck: /* Removal of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* June 2013: [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:31:41Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Removal of posts ==

* In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:31:30Z

Franck: /* Removal of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

* In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:31:15Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

* In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Removal of posts ==
* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-06-22T08:30:54Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake (source?).

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for being vocal about the management of BW, was banned ''from the forums'' for 1 year. This ban was the first of its kind and happened after repeated violations against the site's official [http://www.bewelcome.org/terms terms], 3 official warnings and 2 short-term bans which had separate warnings and were lifted to allow for better behaviour. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

Member profiles that are created solely for sending spam to other members are banned ''from the site'' on a daily basis, usually after abuse is reported.

== Removal of posts ==
* [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s7625 Concerns on censorship/moderation], forum post by Puneet, about his deleted forum post

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

Tony's quotes

2013-04-24T07:59:16Z

Franck:

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14310719 Tony Espinoza (CEO) Discussion - Week 3]

* "(If you’re looking for some spiritualist bullshit, I’m afraid, once again you’re going to be disappointed in my response. ;)"

* "I am not afraid to stand up and say clearly: I am not afraid to stand up and say clearly: CS Ambs should not be promoting BW on the site or at events."

* "(BTW, I recently saw the B-corp conversion video the founders made in 2011 -- I had never seen it before -- and I do understand why it caused a lot of concern.)"

* "I think your comment here spells out the answer rather clearly. BW’s utility is dubious. I really don’t believe anyone invested in promoting it is serving travelers. Be real. ;-)"

* "That said, I do NOT see the utility in BW and it’s clearly been associated with working against CS -- which is something I think is not in the best interests of CS."

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14354817#post14358254]

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14354817 Week 5]

* "I’m going to assume English is not your native tongue and choose not to take offense." and then "I don’t “preach” zero tolerance, I actually practice it by deleting members who CS members [sic]. I understand the emotion here but you’re misinformed or confused. The second profile is not used externally except to make these posts and to test unreleased features. I use only one profile in the CS community."

* " It’s not my place to question whether or not the founders had the right make CS into a venture backed startup. It would be the moral equivalent of debating if my parents had the right to have me as child. The point is that I’m here now and life is short."

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14376392 Week 6]

* "I hear you. I can’t speak for what Casey did, but I can say from my perspective it’s clear the community built CS, not the other way around."

Tony's quotes

2013-04-24T07:57:45Z

Franck:

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14310719 Tony Espinoza (CEO) Discussion - Week 3]

* "(If you’re looking for some spiritualist bullshit, I’m afraid, once again you’re going to be disappointed in my response. ;)"

* "I am not afraid to stand up and say clearly: I am not afraid to stand up and say clearly: CS Ambs should not be promoting BW on the site or at events."

* "(BTW, I recently saw the B-corp conversion video the founders made in 2011 -- I had never seen it before -- and I do understand why it caused a lot of concern.)"

* "I think your comment here spells out the answer rather clearly. BW’s utility is dubious. I really don’t believe anyone invested in promoting it is serving travelers. Be real. ;-)"

* "That said, I do NOT see the utility in BW and it’s clearly been associated with working against CS -- which is something I think is not in the best interests of CS."

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14354817#post14358254]

* "I’m going to assume English is not your native tongue and choose not to take offense." and then "I don’t “preach” zero tolerance, I actually practice it by deleting members who CS members [sic]. I understand the emotion here but you’re misinformed or confused. The second profile is not used externally except to make these posts and to test unreleased features. I use only one profile in the CS community."

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14354817 Week 5]

* " It’s not my place to question whether or not the founders had the right make CS into a venture backed startup. It would be the moral equivalent of debating if my parents had the right to have me as child. The point is that I’m here now and life is short."

[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14376392 Week 6]

* "I hear you. I can’t speak for what Casey did, but I can say from my perspective it’s clear the community built CS, not the other way around."

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:59:26Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:58:01Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

Local members later reposted [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ the message] in their groups, and it was made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:56:07Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

[http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ The message] was later made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit a mistake.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:54:30Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

[http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ The message] was later made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit having done a mistake.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:23:08Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

[http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ The message] was later made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit they did a mistake.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-04-01T15:21:42Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

[http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5378-SeekTheDuck_2013__a_BeWelcome_event_in_Toulouse__France__June_1__2013_ The message] was later made sticky, which made it very visible for a while, but the moderation team refused to admit any kind of mistake.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-29T02:48:08Z

Franck: /* Moderation team */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-29T02:45:53Z

Franck: /* Moderation team */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and its creation was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-29T02:41:24Z

Franck: /* Moderation team */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is mid/late 2012 (?) and its existance was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-29T02:17:49Z

Franck: /* Moderation team */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private group.
Its creation date is unknown (though supposely happened in mid/late 2012) and its existance was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-29T02:09:15Z

Franck:

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Moderation team ==

BW's forum is moderated by the moderation team, which coordinates itself in a private and hidden group.
Its creation date is unknown (though supposely happened in mid/late 2012) and its existance was not debated in the forum.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as only cross posts were deleted, and at least one of the post was kept which is less of a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-24T15:56:49Z

Franck: Undo revision 7829 by Franck (talk)

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that this incident itself is not censorship as it's not a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-24T15:54:35Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Deletions of posts ==

In March 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by a member of the moderation team.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

It can easily be claimed that deletions of posts is not censorship as it's not a restriction of your freedom of speech.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T11:40:18Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal, notorious (some would say ''infamous'') for beeing vocal about the management of BW, was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T11:39:40Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal (notorious -some would say ''infamous''- for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T11:38:54Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

'''BeWelcome''' is quite an open and transparent organization compared to [[CouchSurfing censorship|CouchSurfing]] and [[Hospitality Club censorship|Hospitality Club]] but one could say even here there are cases of censorship in BeWelcome.

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discussion] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal (notorious -some would say infamous- for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

[[Category:Censorship]]
[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:35:15Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned from the forums for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:34:11Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012, Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome

2013-03-23T08:29:54Z

Franck:

[[File:BeWelcome_Logo.jpg‎|thumb|The logo of BeWelcome|300px]]

'''Be Welcome''' is a project aiming to connect people from all over the world through [[hospitality exchange]] and to allow them to learn about other cultures, countries and traditions. It was founded in 2006 by volunteers of [[Hospitality Club]] who experienced the limits of decision making, transparency and legal structure within the management of HC.
Thus an official NGO was founded in July 2006. First called HCvol it's final name is BeVolunteer.org.

The first beta website of the project BeWelcome was launched in February 2007. A second upgrade was carried through at the end of June 2007, the third and actual Version was introduced in the beginning of December 2007. In 2007 various volunteers of [[CouchSurfing]], spreading "Open CS" also joined the volunteers network.

Check http://www.bewelcome.org

== Why use BeWelcome? ==

BeWelcome has a few nice things to point out:
* A good reply rate to accomodation requests (afaik)
* A quite responsive community of volunteers
* Openness for ideas from the community.
* If you like the interface, that's one more point. If you don't, well, then not.

Why would someone not use BeWelcome?
* not as many members as some other networks. You don't get that many requests, and you don't have that much choice in small places.

== History ==
See [[History of BeWelcome]]

== Philosophy ==
See [[Philosophy of BeWelcome]]

== Censorship ==
See [[BeWelcome censorship]]

== Promotion kit ==
* an A4-BeWelcome poster to put to the walls ([[Media:Bwpromo4.jpg|pdf]])

== References ==

The Software which runs BeWelcome[http://sourceforge.net/projects/bw-rox/]

Article on BeWelcome [http://www.idealist.org/en/org/166947-211]

Wikitravel about BeWelcome [http://wikitravel.org/en/Hospitality_exchange#BeWelcome]

Canvi article about BeWelcome (Catalan) [http://www.cambio16.info/canvi/pdf/107.pdf]

Indymedia article about Media and BeWelcome [http://de.indymedia.org/2007/11/198280.shtml]

more ?

----
:''From http://www.hospitalityguide.net/hg/wiki/index.php?title=BeWelcome&action=edit&oldid=5616''
{{Hospitality service}}

[[Category:BeWelcome]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:24:48Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, cross posted invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:20:56Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2012 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:20:43Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:20:30Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW !] was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:20:11Z

Franck: /* Banning of members */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group FREE TIM NOW ! was created.

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:19:35Z

Franck: /* Deletions of posts */

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event promoting BW) were deleted by jsfan.
This opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created. (# FREE TIM NOW ! #)

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:19:09Z

Franck:

== Deletions of posts ==

In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event to promote BW) were deleted by jsfan.
this opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

== Banning of members ==

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created. (# FREE TIM NOW ! #)

== Links ==

[[CouchSurfing censorship]]

BeWelcome censorship

2013-03-23T08:16:31Z

Franck: Created page with "1 Deletions of posts In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event to promote BW) were deleted by jsfan. this opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forum..."

1 Deletions of posts

In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event to promote BW) were deleted by jsfan.
this opened a [http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group discution] about moderation.

2 Banning of members

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year. A [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917 protest group] was created. (# FREE TIM NOW ! #)

CouchSurfing censorship

2013-03-23T08:14:30Z

Franck:

For a long time [[CouchSurfing]] was known for its absence of censorship. This is now changing. In recent months there has been an very noticeable drive to censor the community. A big chunk of its growth in 2006 and 2007 on couchsurfing was due to people creating a CS profile because of [[Hospitality Club censorship]]. In 2013 it seems that CouchSurfing is going along the same path.

On this page we're trying to collect some useful resources about this matter. Feel free to jump in and [http://couchwiki.org/w/index.php?title=CouchSurfing_censorship&action=edit edit].

== [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14262863#post14277207 CouchSurfing CEO Tony Espinoza on linking to BeWelcome], March 16th ==
:"I want to respond to Sergio's comment on BeWelcome because I don't want anyone to be surprised in the future. The fact that we have allowed profiles to point to BeWelcome should not be taken as an indication that it's okay. It's simply not okay. Will we eventually take action on this as a form of commercial interest? Yes, I think it's likely we will. When that time comes, I will make an announcement here first. Ambs need to decide if they are here to work together and make CS better or if they want to create a new community. We simply can't have CS Ambassadors conducting BeWelcome's business on the CS web site."
See also [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=14276591 the post on the Brainstorm group]. For clarity, BeWelcome is a non profit organization with a yearly "business" budget of 1260 euro (for 2013).

:Saying that talking about BeWelcome will not be tolerated is saying there will be censorship.
:Removing people's posts is censorship.
:Removing the ability for people to post on the CS Facebook page is censorship.
:Removing critical, outspoken members looks like censorship. Not talking about won't make it go away, it just builds resentment and mistrust.
[http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14288458#post14291699 quote from a post in "Tony Espinoza (CEO) Discussion - Week 2"]

== Group deletions ==
Late December 2012 group 59753 was deleted, which was titled "Leaving CS for bewelcome". Until then similar groups were not deleted.

== Deletions of posts on places ==
Posting some type of information on place pages is considered spam. It's removed. ''please edit this''

== Membership revoked ==
There have been minor cases throughout the years but since the for profit "conversion" in 2011 these have increased, going as far as deletion without notice of 2 ambassadors in early 2013. Two very active members of communities in [[Berlin]] and [[Chicago]] were removed from the site. Both members had been quite vocal about the migration from city groups to "places" in which all threads had been deleted (which could be classified as censorship, especially given that there's no way to easy way retrieve old posts) and the consequences for [[safety]]. Also some normal members (not ambassadors) have been removed, there's another case in Berlin, and one in the South of France.

CSHQ has claimed these members have all been deleted for valid reasons but refuses to make any statements about what specifically these people have done.

Here's an incomplete list.
* D.S. from Berlin
* JVH from Chicago
* El. from Berlin
* ''please add more if you know of someone being deleted - don't put full names unless you were deleted yourself and you don't mind your full name showing up here''

== Other ==
Posting on the FB wall of CS was disabled on March 12th 2013.

== Links ==

=== Blogs and blog posts ===
* [http://couchsurfingcontroversies.wordpress.com/ Couchsurfing Controversies] by Pauline
* [http://kingsofcouchsurfing.blogspot.be/2013/03/zero-tolerance.html Zero Tolerance], Mar 14, 2013
* [http://quirkytravelguy.com/couchsurfing-censorship-community-backlash-tony-espinoza/ Couchsurfing faces backlash from some members after censorship charges], March 9th 2013
* [http://mechanicalbrain.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/couchsurfing-a-sad-end-to-a-great-idea/ Couchsurfing: A Sad End to a Great Idea] March 4, 2013
* [http://kingsofcouchsurfing.blogspot.be/2013/02/a-couchsurfer-no-more.html A CouchSurfer No More (aka Membership Revoked)], February 26th 2013.
* [http://peteralthaus.com/couchsurfing-or-the-guide-to-destroying-a-working-community/ Couchsurfing or The guide to destroying a working community], February 13th 2013
* [http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/tag/censorship/ OpenCouchSurfing posts related to censorship], going back to way before "conversion"

==== CouchSurfing HQ response ====
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/news/cs-organization/member-removal-is-couchsurfing-censoring-the-community-by-removing-outspoken-members/ Official CouchSurfing response about censorship] - read and compare this to other blog posts

=== Posts on CS ===
==== Brainstorm ====
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=14215130 the next step of censorship: profile deletion]
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=7621&post=13920012 I had doubts about my state of mental health- but it's just censorship]

==== Ambassador group ====
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=2125&post=14284681 Communication strategy: let me help you], March 18th 2013

==== Places ====
* [https://www.couchsurfing.org/n/threads/berlin-berlin-germany-first-of-all-i-don-t-know-how-long-this-message-will-stay-on-this-page-i-think-cs-will-try-to-censor-any-kind-of-these Farewell Berlin, CS threatening to delete my account], March 12th 2013

==== Europe ====
* [https://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=162&post=13924660 CENSORSHIP now active on CS]

==== Against for profit CS ====
* [http://www.couchsurfing.org/group_read.html?gid=45507&post=14051088 Censorship in 3 threads]

=== Posts on BeWelcome ===
* [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/77/forum/s5425-Is_that__Don_Shine____who_just_has_was_cancelled_his_C__profile___around_here_on_BW_ Is that "Don Shine" - who just has/was cancelled his C$-profile - around here on BW?] March 2nd, 2013
* [http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/77/forum/s5428-My_Couchsurfing_profile_was_canceled_too_ My Couchsurfing profile was canceled too!], March 2nd, 2013
* About [[:bw:groups/77/forum/s5686-CS_threatening CS threatening]] profile deletion for posting a link to [[BeWelcome]] in the [[:bw:Berlin group]], March 12th, 2013

=== Reddit ===
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/couchsurfing r/couchsurfing]
* [http://www.reddit.com/r/couchsurfing/comments/19uqa6/tony_ceo_of_couchsurfing_tries_to_explain_the/ Tony, CEO of CouchSurfing, tries to explain the removal of members without allowing comments. Speak up here! (couchsurfing.org)]

=== Facebook ===
* [https://www.facebook.com/events/147008412126669/ Censorship on Couchsurfing] event

=== Other ===
* [http://www.experts123.com/q/does-couchsurfing-censor-the-members-emails-or-group-posts.html Q: Does CouchSurfing censor the members' emails or group posts?], undated, but definitely from before 2013.
* [[BeWelcome censorship]]

=== Satire ===
[[File:Censoredsurfing.png|right|200px]]

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2013-03-23T08:08:52Z

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2013-03-23T08:08:21Z

Franck: Created page with "1 Deletions of posts 1.1 In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event to promote BW) were deleted by jsfan. http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-u..."

1 Deletions of posts

1.1 In Mars 2013, the invitations to the seek the duck (a toulousan event to promote BW) were deleted by jsfan.

http://www.bewelcome.org/forums/s5417-unlocal_information_in_local_group

2 Banning of members

In December 2013 Tim Loal (notorious for beeing vocal about the management of BW) was banned for 1 year.
A protest group was created. (# FREE TIM NOW ! #)

http://www.bewelcome.org/groups/917