There’s apparently a lot to be said for and against what I’ll dub ‘semiformal home-accommodation networks,’ aka ‘couchsurfing.’ For example, there are valid concerns about how these networks are counterproductive (especially to local travel) since they “deprive the local accommodation providers of revenue.” Here’s an overview of a volley of comments.
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OPINION: Mining our Internet Social Circles
What needs to happen in the local travel knowledge website space⦠The internet is all about social these days, it has been for sometime, and as more of us become more active on the major social networking sites it’s becoming increasingly apparent that although our number of ‘friends’, ‘followers’ or ‘connections’ can be huge, the…
