I agree with the OP. This is in part because they're commercializing the site as a for profit organization and also the publicity it's gotten in various news articles about traveling for free/cheap etc. I use it more of a networking tool when traveling. Most recently last week, coordinated a car share to tour around Iceland which was awesome. So it still has purpose when I travel..I just don't rely on it solely(Or at all) to find a place to crash.