So sad to see this aggressive shift. I have made many good friends from Couchsurfing, and I was paying the annually fee both to support the site and to be "Verified by CouchSurfing". Even though on March they received my annually payment, today after reading this article I tried to login to CS after some months, only to find out I had to pay _again_ to even access my profile. I could not see my photos, references, messages, nothing.
I'm really disappointed and sad, and I guess I'm also switching to BeWelcome.
I'm really disappointed and sad, and I guess I'm also switching to BeWelcome.