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07-27-2017, 04:07 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:05 AM)Icarus Wrote:
Quote: (07-27-2017 03:55 AM)Summa Wrote:
I can't access it.
Use the search bar: Find Travelers @ New York, NY, USA.
I did. Then I hit refresh.
I get different permutations of 0, 22, and 120 total results.
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07-27-2017, 04:14 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:07 AM)Summa Wrote:
I get different permutations of 0, 22, and 120 total results.
Gotta keep refreshing the page till CS produces sane results.
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07-27-2017, 04:19 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:14 AM)Icarus Wrote:
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:07 AM)Summa Wrote:
I get different permutations of 0, 22, and 120 total results.
Gotta keep refreshing the page till CS produces sane results.
Can I PM you my profile? Maybe it has to do with 0 friends and 0 refrences.
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07-27-2017, 05:18 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:19 AM)Summa Wrote:
Can I PM you my profile? Maybe it has to do with 0 friends and 0 refrences.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that the website has been very unreliable this week.
Of what use would PM'ing your profile be?
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07-27-2017, 05:30 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 05:18 AM)Icarus Wrote:
Quote: (07-27-2017 04:19 AM)Summa Wrote:
Can I PM you my profile? Maybe it has to do with 0 friends and 0 refrences.
Maybe it has to do with the fact that the website has been very unreliable this week.
Of what use would PM'ing your profile be?
I thought it might had to do with an algo accounting for 0 references, 0 friends etc
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07-27-2017, 06:37 AM
Quote: (07-27-2017 05:30 AM)Summa Wrote:
I thought it might had to do with an algo accounting for 0 references, 0 friends etc
Go to a few meetings and get a few references.
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07-28-2017, 05:31 AM
The CS search has some strange idiosyncrasies. If you don't have friends it will not work all that well. Add a few random people as friends and it should be fine. Remember fellows that hosting guys can be rewarding as well and is in the CS spirit. Guys are definitely more reliable, more grateful and will hook you up if you ever visit them. 90% of the flakiness is from females. Just make sure you host cool guys and not weirdos.
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07-30-2017, 03:11 AM
For this to work reliably and consistently, do you need to have a spare room, or will girls agree to literally sleep on your couch if you just have a one-bedroom apartment?
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07-30-2017, 03:41 AM
Quote: (07-30-2017 03:11 AM)Ouroboros Wrote:
For this to work reliably and consistently, do you need to have a spare room, or will girls agree to literally sleep on your couch if you just have a one-bedroom apartment?
I bought a queen-sized airbed, put it in the living room, and CS guests slept there.
Quote: (07-30-2017 03:19 AM)Ouroboros Wrote:
Did all those 50 positive references come from hosting people or did some/most come from meeting people at couchsurfing events?
Mostly from hosting.
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07-30-2017, 10:15 AM
Anyone notice a difference if you "prefer" to host females? Always figured that would figure negatively (if my female only references didn't give it away).
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07-30-2017, 12:51 PM
I used to think that but do you really want to not steer girls away if they are not going to meet you because they think you're having sex with a bunch of women on CS? If a girl is ok with that she's definitely who I would want to be hosting.
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07-31-2017, 03:34 AM
I have my profile set to "prefer females" and I still get a lot of dudes requesting. I haven't hosted a dude in years. I still get the occasional shit test from chicks asking why I only host chicks. Lol.
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07-31-2017, 05:04 AM
Quote: (07-31-2017 03:34 AM)invictusiii Wrote:
I have my profile set to "prefer females" and I still get a lot of dudes requesting.
Far too many people don't really read profiles, especially dudes.
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08-01-2017, 10:08 AM
^ On the same note, I've never hosted a dude, not once. And yes, girls notice that. Deflect the shit test and just say "well the dudes who request are never cool" etc.
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08-01-2017, 10:17 AM
After one day of "preferring" females, my female requests dropped away almost completely. So I'm inclined to agree.
The dudes, it seems, will message anyway. Don't these chodes know any better?
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08-01-2017, 11:35 AM
Quote: (08-01-2017 10:17 AM)churros Wrote:
The dudes, it seems, will message anyway. Don't these chodes know any better?
"Spray and pray" is their motto. They fire dozens (if not hundreds) of copy+paste requests and hope one will hit something. They have no time to read profiles.
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08-01-2017, 02:07 PM
^Fair point. I met some good dudes from CS in my twenties, but it seems weirder to me now.