Author :
Bolici, Francesco
Author_Institution :
OrgLab - DIAM, Cassino Univ., Cassino, Italy
Abstract :
CouchSurfing.com (CS) is an online non-profit network that connects travelers with locals in over 230 countries around the world. The project was lunched in 2004 and presently there are more than one million of registered CouchSurfers. CS community is a nexus of online and face to face relationships where most of Web 2.0 and social network externalities, privacy, security, etc. This is a first, brief, in progress and interpretative analysis of the SC system based on a participatory observation study started in August 2008.
Keywords :
Internet; interactive programming; social networking (online); CouchSurfing community; Reality 2.0; Web 2.0; online non-profit network; social network; Business communication; Facebook; Information management; Intelligent networks; Organizing; Privacy; Production; Social network services; Tin; Twitter; CounchSurfing; collective intelligence; component; distribured social networks; network effects; web 2.0;
Conference_Titel :
Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing, 2009. CollaborateCom 2009. 5th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-963-9799-76-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-963-9799-76-9
DOI :
10.4108/ICST.COLLABORATECOM2009.8389
