A few developers from different HospEx (hospitality exchange) platforms (Trustroots, WarmShowers Android app devs, BeWelcome) started an attempt to federate the HospEx world.
Mariha (@mariha:matrix.org) was contributing for Warm Showers Android App and with https://warmshowers.bike/ happening she kind of kick-started the whole project.
We got funding recently from https://ngi.eu and with that we start to work for the next generation internet.
We would love to revive the spirit of early Couchsurfing and Warm Showers
I submitted this to HN so if anyone prefers a discussion here rather than on Matrix/Telegram feel free to comment there
Here's the link to the submission:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28587228
I don’t have experience with CS but for WarmShowers which was built on trust and openness, current spirit is censorship, deleted accounts and no way for the community to influence the board which makes bad decisions - excluding community members, maybe unaware of its US-centered perspective on users and “targeting” to part of the community, maybe prioritizing their own profits over what would be good for the community.
Mariha (@mariha:matrix.org) was contributing for Warm Showers Android App and with https://warmshowers.bike/ happening she kind of kick-started the whole project.
We got funding recently from https://ngi.eu and with that we start to work for the next generation internet.
We would love to revive the spirit of early Couchsurfing and Warm Showers
https://openhospitality.network