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CouchSurfing: Stop Upcoming Change to CS Groups
  1. Signatures
    387 out of 5,000
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    1. CouchSurfing (+ 1 other)
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      • CouchSurfing (Casey Fenton)
      • CouchSurfing (Daniel Hoffer)
  2. Created By
    Jay Rab
    sanford, FL
About this Petition Petition Letter Petition Updates

The goal of the change is to open the groups threads up to the search engines, now the reasoning behind this as given in a couch surfing email was "his means that if you would like to know if anyone on CouchSurfing has given advice that might help your trip, you could use Google to search for "CouchSurfing best restaurants New York" (for example) to see"

Here is why this is wrong:
1. this can already be done by couchsurfers through the website.
2. this will open all post to groups who are not private (invite only) to be accessed by non-CS members, leaving your employers, stalkers, and anyone else able to search through these
3. most city groups, (orlando for example are public) meaning your local group is effected by this.
4. These post, where said they would not be viewable and now will be.
5. This is a issue as it goes against keeping community safety as Publishing phone numbers or E-Mail-addresses (for events or last minute stuff) has always been common practice within groups

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Stop Upcoming Change to CS Groups

Greetings,

I just signed the following petition addressed to: CouchSurfing.

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Stop Upcoming Change to CS Groups

The goal of the change is to open the groups threads up to the search engines, now the reasoning behind this as given in a couch surfing email was "his means that if you would like to know if anyone on CouchSurfing has given advice that might help your trip, you could use Google to search for "CouchSurfing best restaurants New York" (for example) to see"

Here is why this is wrong:
1. this can already be done by couchsurfers through the website.
2. this will open all post to groups who are not private (invite only) to be accessed by non-CS members, leaving your employers, stalkers, and anyone else able to search through these
3. most city groups, (orlando for example are public) meaning your local group is effected by this.
4. These post, where said they would not be viewable and now will be.
5. This is a issue as it goes against keeping community safety

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