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Bewelcome.org -- a non-profit democratic hospex service set up for growth
This paper presents an extensive data-based analysis of the non-profit
democratic hospitality exchange service bewelcome.org. We hereby pursuit the
goal of determining the factors influencing its growth. It also provides
general insights on internet-based hospitality exchange services. The other
investigated services are hospitalityclub.org and couchsurfing.org. Communities
using the three services are interconnected -- comparing their data provides
additional information.Comment: 5 pages, 8 figures, 1 tabl
The Economy of Internet-Based Hospitality Exchange
In this paper, we analyze and compare general development and individual
behavior on two non-profit internet-based hospitality exchange services --
bewelcome.org and warmshowers.org. We measure the effort needed to achieve a
real-life interaction, whereby the advantages of mutual altruism arise. The
effort needed is the communication quantified in units of time. Since the
amount of effort is not obvious to individual users, the development of the
effort investing strategy is investigated. The impact of individual behavior on
general development is discussed.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures and 4 table