distributing -> sharing

[chadwhitacre]

Reticketing from gratipay/gratipay.com#3721, and following on from #117 ...

What do we think of sharing instead of distributing?

[mattbk]

Interesting that it could be used as a verb by both the team (sharing among ~users) and the ~user (sharing from the team).

Could be confusing if people associate it with the "sharing economy" of Uber, bikeshare, etc.

[chadwhitacre]

I had an idea for sharing: if we go with parents-eat-first for payroll, then it could be interesting to track sharing for each ~user as the amount of money they could've taken but didn't. Surfacing this number would reward people who exert a lot of influence in a Team and share the value they've created with others, and it'd help with discovery of Teams with work available.

Let's say Team Enterprise receives $2,100 per week. Here's what the taking/sharing chart might look like:

balance ($)	~user	take ($)	sharing ($)
2,100	~starfleet	400	1,700
1,700	~picard	400	1,300
1,300	~riker	300	1,000
1,000	~data	50	950
950	~yar	250	700
700	~troi	150	550
550	~crusher	150	400
400	~laforge	150	250
250	~worf	150	100
0

The sharing for the Team itself would be the amount left after everyone's take: $100. Advertising this number on Team pages and listings would nicely indicate how much room there is for new members on a Team.

[chadwhitacre]

Could be confusing if people associate it with the "sharing economy" of Uber, bikeshare, etc.

Funny, I didn't even think of that association, but I think it may actually be one we want, no?

One of the few email newsletters I subscribe to is www.shareable.net. See also #303 and #314. I.e., I think we want to make connections within the sharing economy.

[chadwhitacre]

Actually, I think it makes more sense for the Team's sharing to be the sum of its members' sharing (relative to the Team), and have the remaining left over be the Team's available or remaining or something like that.

[chadwhitacre]

the Team's available or remaining or something like that.

surplus? Mockup:

[kaguillera]

1+ for surplus

[chadwhitacre]

We're dropping the word "payroll." As I work on bringing back Ƭ̵̬̊ for Team Gratipay, I'm casting about for a word to use—in the branch name, even—and that brings me back around here. Am I stubbing out DistributionMixin ... or SharingMixin?

https://gratipay.com/about/

[chadwhitacre]

and the ~user (sharing from the team).

I think we'd still keep "taking" around for talking about Team payments to ~users from the user's point of view. I like the way "sharing" reinforces the mutuality of the team. As an individual, I am "taking"—a bit stingy, yes—but! as a member of the Team, I am part of a generous "sharing" collective. The Team members allow each other to take. In that light, "distribute" actually sounds more centrally controlled than we want. "Sharing" better captures the decentralization of control inherent in the system.

Updating #117 (comment):

"Giving"     refers to  payins   from the  ~user's  point of view.
"Receiving"  refers to  payins   from the  Team's   point of view.
"Sharing"    refers to  payouts  from the  Team's   point of view.
"Taking"     refers to  payouts  from the  ~user's  point of view.

[chadwhitacre]

Alright, I'm gonna leave this open while continuing work on gratipay/gratipay.com#3994. Let's circle back here once the appropriate PR is on deck.

[chadwhitacre]

"Sharing" also suggests that we have shares in the database, rather than takes. I guess we don't want to shade to far into ownership (legally speaking), but we do need to think about improving payroll twyw sharing to work with percentages instead of absolutes. Hmmm ...

[chadwhitacre]

Ironic that ownership "shares" in traditional corporations are the opposite of actual sharing, in that they're not take-what-you-want. Perhaps against that backdrop we do keep talking about "takes"—differentiates and keeps us clear of confusion about legal ownership.

[kaguillera]

suggestions for the replacement of the word "takes":

• accepts
• partakes (a little weird)