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The cross-pollination effect of Couchsurfing is so powerful. I often wonder — how could you create a digital equivalent of this?

We let strangers into our homes, but not into our superuser shell. Why?

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It's harder to pretend you're a human in physical form than in digital form?

Furthermore, there's more law enforcement on physical crimes than digital crimes.

In some ways. In other ways, everything on a computer can and might be recorded so it’s prudent to stay away from borderline illegal or inappropriate things if it can come back to you.

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