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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Aug-2018 10:47:57 EDT Strypey

   #BeWelcome is a strictly not-for-profit, volunteer-run fork of the popular #CouchSurfing hospitality network. Here is th #FreeCode software they use to run their site.
   https://github.com/BeWelcome/rox

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Aug-2018 11:09:12 EDT Strypey

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      I wonder if #ActivityPub could be used to federate BeWelcome with other platforms for non-commercial hospitality-sharing (unlike AirBnB and BookABatch which are commercial)? I'm not sure how many there are, or how compatible their goals and systems are, but I know there is also HospitalityClub.org, HelpX.net, WarmShowers.org, Workaway.info and the various WWOOF schemes.

      1. Mayel - ghost account (mayel@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 30-Aug-2018 05:14:33 EDT Mayel - ghost account

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         @strypey

         Yes definitely! This is one of the use cases I have in mind for https://gitlab.com/OpenCoop/CommonsPub/Server and work on extending ActivityPub we're doing with @lynnfoster @bhaugen @bernini @matslats and folks from Mutual Aid Network in the US

      2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2018 07:38:27 EDT Strypey

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         From what I've been reading about the history of #BeWelcome (http://www.bevolunteer.org/about-bevolunteer/history/), it sounds like #CouchSurfing and #HospitalityClub are proprietary #DataFarms, so I doubt they'd be interested in federation. But maybe BW and #TrustRoots.org would, and it would intriguing to find out where #HelpX, #Workaway, #WarmShowers, and any other existing hospitality exchange sites fit into this picture.

         1. fridaysforfuture, but everyday (paulfree14@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2018 08:01:50 EDT fridaysforfuture, but everyday

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            @strypey
            I spoke to devs. of trustroots. They do not have really any interest in federation.

            Thought this might change if a dev steps into their circle doing a proposal and being able to do the work.

            If not, maybe building a new one that starts as a 'couchsurfing for fediversers'. (hubzilla with it's plugin system might sounds suitable build on top of it. )

            1. fridaysforfuture, but everyday (paulfree14@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2018 08:06:23 EDT fridaysforfuture, but everyday

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               @strypey
               what you need for a couchsurfing plattform:

               - a map
               - reviews/rating
               - method to decide to whom it's visable
               - chat
               - global search

               1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Sep-2018 08:47:10 EDT Strypey

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                  @paulfree14 ... and a huge database of people willing to share their homes with strangers they just me on the net. Which is by far the complicated part. I don't think it's worth further fragmenting the space by starting again from scratch. Some things just don't suit the federation model, and maybe this one of them? After all, there's a lot of trust involved ...