Comments on: Couch Swapping Comes To Facebook http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/ Startup and Technology News Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:25:12 -0800 hourly 1 By: nathan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-2630040 nathan Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:35:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-2630040 surely this is asking for trouble? i saw this on X-ray last night. im scratching my head as to why you would invite a complete stranger into your home not knowing their previous background. the guy interviewed on last night's show who regularly has strangers in to sleep on his couch dosent even take payment for it! not even a gift! this is just asking for trouble - personally i wouldnt be able to sleep at night with some random stranger in my house. thats just nuts! especially if the home owner has some nice personal belongings or expensive kit (e.g. macbook pro laptop worth £2,500). what with the recession and people having little money this could turn into a right nightmare and dont bank on your home contents insurance to pay out either. What about the other way around aswell? you go into a house and late at night you find the home owner standing over you and find out he or she is nuts! this sounds as stupid as when during 2 years ago during the housing boom when people were actively encouraged to take out a mortgage with a complete stranger on a website in order to buy a property! and look whats happened there! Doh! common sense has gone out of the window! surely this is asking for trouble? i saw this on X-ray last night. im scratching my head as to why you would invite a complete stranger into your home not knowing their previous background.

the guy interviewed on last night’s show who regularly has strangers in to sleep on his couch dosent even take payment for it! not even a gift!

this is just asking for trouble – personally i wouldnt be able to sleep at night with some random stranger in my house. thats just nuts!
especially if the home owner has some nice personal belongings or expensive kit (e.g. macbook pro laptop worth £2,500). what with the recession and people having little money this could turn into a right nightmare and dont bank on your home contents insurance to pay out either.

What about the other way around aswell? you go into a house and late at night you find the home owner standing over you and find out he or she is nuts!

this sounds as stupid as when during 2 years ago during the housing boom when people were actively encouraged to take out a mortgage with a complete stranger on a website in order to buy a property! and look whats happened there! Doh! common sense has gone out of the window!

]]> By: MauiChris http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1542884 MauiChris Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:47:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1542884 I've been using CouchSurfing.com for a bit now and love it. I wasn't around for the DB crash but whatever happened from then till now is quite amazing. The site is very robust and there are people all over the world sharing the couches. I’ve been using CouchSurfing.com for a bit now and love it. I wasn’t around for the DB crash but whatever happened from then till now is quite amazing. The site is very robust and there are people all over the world sharing the couches.

]]> By: Vulpine Vixen http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1540858 Vulpine Vixen Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:45:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1540858 Competing directly with the CS Project? From the sounds of the features so far it doesn't sound like they know how to make a great rating system. Personally I don't think it'd go too well with Facebook; now that it's well known and open for all, spam just comes up way more often. Besides, it sounds much more similar to Global Freeloaders rather than Couch Surfing. Competing directly with the CS Project? From the sounds of the features so far it doesn’t sound like they know how to make a great rating system. Personally I don’t think it’d go too well with Facebook; now that it’s well known and open for all, spam just comes up way more often.

Besides, it sounds much more similar to Global Freeloaders rather than Couch Surfing.

]]> By: esteb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531673 esteb Wed, 01 Aug 2007 22:14:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531673 Carolyn, which other app are you talking about? the couchsurfing thing? Carolyn, which other app are you talking about? the couchsurfing thing?

]]> By: Doeboy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531538 Doeboy Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:59:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531538 It’s time for our daily dosage of Facebook press on TC. Open up……….. It’s time for our daily dosage of Facebook press on TC. Open up………..

]]> By: Stop w/ the Facebook http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531500 Stop w/ the Facebook Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:17:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531500 I'm going to develop an app that lets you urinate on people. You piss on them when you are "pissed" at them. I'll probably get 1,000,000 users in a few weeks. Who wants to invest? I’m going to develop an app that lets you urinate on people. You piss on them when you are “pissed” at them. I’ll probably get 1,000,000 users in a few weeks.

Who wants to invest?

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531207 Duncan Riley Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:54:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531207 Apologies as I didn't have a link prior to the post, odd that it's not in Facebook search. Link <a href="http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?api_key=659007120fcfd9d36e11f88dbdc1afe1&pwstdfy=791b89da8ebca63185093657f0f18ac6" rel="nofollow">here</a> Apologies as I didn’t have a link prior to the post, odd that it’s not in Facebook search. Link here

]]> By: Jason http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531145 Jason Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:13:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531145 Pleeease post a link to the application in these posts. I'd like to try it, but it's not coming up on Facebook searches. Wondering if this might be a TC joke (but it's not April 1st)....hmmm. Pleeease post a link to the application in these posts. I’d like to try it, but it’s not coming up on Facebook searches.

Wondering if this might be a TC joke (but it’s not April 1st)….hmmm.

]]> By: Churchill http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531143 Churchill Wed, 01 Aug 2007 15:10:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531143 Quite funny that pizzed didn't get the concept. That would be a stupid app - physically swapping couches! Lol. Having said that, the app is rather pointless - you could create a group for this sort of thing, inviting your actual friends and their friends. That way, the strangers on your couch are only friends one step removed, and therefore more trustworthy I might do that actually... Quite funny that pizzed didn’t get the concept. That would be a stupid app – physically swapping couches! Lol.

Having said that, the app is rather pointless – you could create a group for this sort of thing, inviting your actual friends and their friends. That way, the strangers on your couch are only friends one step removed, and therefore more trustworthy

I might do that actually…

]]> By: Stop w/ the Facebook http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1531042 Stop w/ the Facebook Wed, 01 Aug 2007 13:56:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1531042 I thought MIZPEE was the worst idea for a website. This couch bullshit takes the cake. I thought MIZPEE was the worst idea for a website. This couch bullshit takes the cake.

]]> By: Padraic http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530849 Padraic Wed, 01 Aug 2007 12:07:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530849 Where is the link? A search on Facebook just reveals "Couch", a different application. Where is the link? A search on Facebook just reveals “Couch”, a different application.

]]> By: mike http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530501 mike Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:34:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530501 Talk about some safety issues with some unknown guy crashing on our couch... seriously, I don't care a friend of a friend knows the guy, facebook's full of people who are adding people who they've never met to their nets. Talk about some safety issues with some unknown guy crashing on our couch… seriously, I don’t care a friend of a friend knows the guy, facebook’s full of people who are adding people who they’ve never met to their nets.

]]> By: N.Cauldwell http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530493 N.Cauldwell Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:29:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530493 Duncan The 'Couchswap' application link is actually directing everyone to the TechCrunch WP login page. You're just asking for someone to pick 'n' mix Mike + Arrington login combinations. Change it quick! Duncan

The ‘Couchswap’ application link is actually directing everyone to the TechCrunch WP login page. You’re just asking for someone to pick ‘n’ mix Mike + Arrington login combinations. Change it quick!

]]> By: Jez http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530466 Jez Wed, 01 Aug 2007 08:10:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530466 Guys your link to couchswap doesnt work.. http://www.techcrunch.com/wp-admin/post.php?action=edit&post=7891 WTF??? come on sort it out Guys

your link to couchswap doesnt work..

http://www.tech...t&post=7891

WTF??? come on sort it out

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530345 Duncan Riley Wed, 01 Aug 2007 07:05:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530345 Pizzed this is like an accommodation service, it has nothing to do with selling or physically exchanging couches, ie: the act of sleeping on someone's couch. Think back packing/ hostels but cheaper again. Pizzed
this is like an accommodation service, it has nothing to do with selling or physically exchanging couches, ie: the act of sleeping on someone’s couch. Think back packing/ hostels but cheaper again.

]]> By: Sam Donaldson http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530330 Sam Donaldson Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:56:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530330 Oh wow, what do you know...it's duncan on facebook again. Oh wow, what do you know…it’s duncan on facebook again.

]]> By: gilltots http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530264 gilltots Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:35:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530264 @pizzed i think you missed the point dude, it's for finding a free place to crash...not to get a couch to take home. but i would be happy to take a piss on your couch if you want. @pizzed

i think you missed the point dude, it’s for finding a free place to crash…not to get a couch to take home. but i would be happy to take a piss on your couch if you want.

]]> By: Rob Mowery http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530254 Rob Mowery Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:30:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530254 If these guys would work with furniture stores like IKEA, Lazy-boy, etc. perhaps they could get some advertising $$ out of this, run some contests, and build a niche around this area. The also need to expand to Futons and Recliners - with a more encompassing name. Heck what about the coffin hotels coined in Neuromancer or those PodBeds in Japan and airports. Personally, I will take a LazyBoy Recliner over a couch any day. The App could be quite interesting and is def a niche area - also needs more expansion to keep it from being removed in a few days as @Pizzed stated. If these guys would work with furniture stores like IKEA, Lazy-boy, etc. perhaps they could get some advertising $$ out of this, run some contests, and build a niche around this area.

The also need to expand to Futons and Recliners – with a more encompassing name. Heck what about the coffin hotels coined in Neuromancer or those PodBeds in Japan and airports.

Personally, I will take a LazyBoy Recliner over a couch any day.

The App could be quite interesting and is def a niche area – also needs more expansion to keep it from being removed in a few days as @Pizzed stated.

]]> By: gilltots http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530250 gilltots Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:29:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530250 couches are ok i guess, but where's the facebook app for what we *really* want to swap - spit! oh wait that app exists already - it's called myspace tee hee hee couches are ok i guess, but where’s the facebook app for what we *really* want to swap – spit!

oh wait that app exists already – it’s called myspace

tee hee hee

]]> By: Pizzed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530245 Pizzed Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:28:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530245 Hello Duncan, With all due respect, how does this app differentiate from the marketplace facebook launched in May other than it focuses entirely on pissed stained couches that students normally leave on the sidewalk for scavengers and sanitation engineers. Once again I am not trying to be a hater here, but I am not a believer in the facebook api nor rubbish apps as such. Real value will be found in services which converge the physical world with the virtual, i.e lending group and such, not piss couch swap and zombies. Facebook is brilliant at marketing and building hype and exploiting the greed and neccesity that developers alike aspire in that it provides a new platform and false hope for striking it rich. I can only hope that one day I can eat my words and that businesses can thrive off of this application, Hello Duncan,

With all due respect, how does this app differentiate from the marketplace facebook launched in May other than it focuses entirely on pissed stained couches that students normally leave on the sidewalk for scavengers and sanitation engineers. Once again I am not trying to be a hater here, but I am not a believer in the facebook api nor rubbish apps as such. Real value will be found in services which converge the physical world with the virtual, i.e lending group and such, not piss couch swap and zombies. Facebook is brilliant at marketing and building hype and exploiting the greed and neccesity that developers alike aspire in that it provides a new platform and false hope for striking it rich. I can only hope that one day I can eat my words and that businesses can thrive off of this application,

]]> By: Duncan Riley http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530177 Duncan Riley Wed, 01 Aug 2007 06:02:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530177 Pizzed as Bob says (comment 5) this app makes a lot of sense of Facebook. Pizzed
as Bob says (comment 5) this app makes a lot of sense of Facebook.

]]> By: Pizzed http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530104 Pizzed Wed, 01 Aug 2007 05:27:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530104 Not quite sure how this actually made news...Another stupid facebook app that will be installed by 500,000 people then removed over night and never used again. Advice to all developers: Don't build facebook aps, build an actual product with utility, f8 is an illusive dream. All of the launch partners are riding on a wave of exploitation and everyone else is either lucky or sucking their thumbs in the comfort of lost hope! Not quite sure how this actually made news…Another stupid facebook app that will be installed by 500,000 people then removed over night and never used again.

Advice to all developers: Don’t build facebook aps, build an actual product with utility, f8 is an illusive dream. All of the launch partners are riding on a wave of exploitation and everyone else is either lucky or sucking their thumbs in the comfort of lost hope!

]]> By: Alaska Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530025 Alaska Miller Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:50:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530025 if i remember correctly, couch surfing project's database took a major dump one day and the guy lost all his data and decided to shut down the site. how he was able to get from that to an exit with sidestep is interesting. anyone know anymore? if i remember correctly, couch surfing project’s database took a major dump one day and the guy lost all his data and decided to shut down the site. how he was able to get from that to an exit with sidestep is interesting. anyone know anymore?

]]> By: Alaska Miller http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530016 Alaska Miller Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:47:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530016 You guys need to hire a copyeditor cause every day there seems to be like 4 or 5 errors. You guys need to hire a copyeditor cause every day there seems to be like 4 or 5 errors.

]]> By: bob cobb http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/comment-page-1/#comment-1530000 bob cobb Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:37:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/07/31/couch-swapping-comes-to-facebook/#comment-1530000 Thats a great idea. There are a lot of worthless facebook apps, but this one makes a lot of sense on that platform. Thats a great idea. There are a lot of worthless facebook apps, but this one makes a lot of sense on that platform.

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