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No matter where you stole it, realizing that you could use this mechanism for your problem is imo just as neat as the project itself.",{"value":97,"source":87,"evidence":98},"Filtering via pull requests is a good idea",[99],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"10646657","s3nnyy","I love the implicit filtering mechanism through allowing people to post couches only via pull-request.",[104,111,115],{"value":105,"source":87,"evidence":106},"No reference or trust system for hosts and guests",[107],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"10646871","hitekker","Interesting. I've hosted over 40 couchsurfers in Manhattan so I have a few concerns. My largest one is that HackerCouch lacks a reference system so that people \"know\" who is a…",{"value":112,"source":87,"evidence":113},"Contact requests could be abused; need a proxy contact channel",[114],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},{"value":116,"source":87,"evidence":117},"Trademark risk from the Couchsurfing name",[118],{"id":119,"by":10,"text":120},"10646932","I'm still figuring this out, so thanks for the concerns and suggestions. Reference System: I think I saw a website on reddit recently that let you rate your experience on…",[122,132,137],{"value":123,"source":87,"evidence":124},"Add a reference or verification system",[125,128],{"id":126,"by":109,"text":127},"10647020","Thank you for being open minded. > Reference System I would suggest piggy backing off another platform for now so that you can get the legwork out of the way and focus on the…",{"id":129,"by":130,"text":131},"10648012","tedmiston","I like the idea of building a reference system in. One thing to note is that you actually validate the user owns said account on another site. On B\u002FS\u002FT forums back in the day, a…",{"value":133,"source":87,"evidence":134},"Rename to avoid Couchsurfing trademark",[135,136],{"id":119,"by":10,"text":120},{"id":126,"by":109,"text":127},{"value":138,"source":87,"evidence":139},"Better CSS design",[140],{"id":141,"by":142,"text":143},"10646851","hunvreus","I like that, but it could use some CSS love. Will you accept a PR if I clean things up a tad?",[145,152],{"value":146,"source":87,"evidence":147},"How does the site work and who to contact",[148],{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"10647380","HillaryBriss","I know that I am not worthy to surf on anybody's couch. Even my own. Call me an idiot but I don't understand this site. At all. 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