Have a look at Trustroots, the management of the project is quite different and doesn't put the same emphasis on formal democratic processes as BeWelcome does, but it makes for a community that's closer to what seems to me the authentic couchsurfing spirit. All of these hospex networks brought me a lot anyway.
Thanks for the link abyssin, indeed seems very interesting.
Btw, I tried accessing my profile from Wayback Machine and got a nice "This URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine". Really Couchsurfing?
Also, I forgot to mention that the message you get when you login to couchsurfing.com is a landing page that says:
"Due to the impact of Covid-19, we need your immediate help to keep Couchsurfing alive"
and then the only options you have are:
1. Pay with Credit Card
2. Pay with PayPal
3. Logout
(https://imgur.com/g7QKHEt)
I'm one of the Trustroots contributors, you're right about the governance topic, we have a do-ocracy approach right now (described a bit at the bottom of https://www.trustroots.org/faq/foundation). I'm actually keen to evolve this, with a more specific approach to community-governance, but this thinking and these talks take time.
