This terminology makes sense to me. I see the possible colloquial and historical problems with "patron," but I think most users will let the term be defined by the site rather than by the word's potential baggage.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Aaron Wolf <aa...@snowdrift.coop> wrote: > > > On 11/03/2015 12:00 PM, Bryan Richter wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 03, 2015 at 10:08:07AM +0100, mray wrote: > >> > >> On 02.11.2015 03:32, Aaron Wolf wrote: > >>> > >>> [Do] you have a real problem with the word "patron"? We went > >>> around discussing this a long while back and felt that term was > >>> the clearest, despite no term being perfect. > >> > >> No, I don' hold a specific grudge about that word. I do have my > >> issues with finding a name for what we need to describe. I also > >> think we lack catchy terminology in general. Like "flattr a thing" > >> can easily be used in any context. Would be gread if we had a > >> "snowdrift a project" equivalent that made sense and was catchy. > >> > >> Similarly Donor, Patron and Supporter all fall short of what we > >> need. First: we need something that can be used consistently in any > >> context. Second: all those terms suggest roles that totally miss our > >> network effect angle, and in general any tie to our system > >> specifically. > > > > To summarize, patron is the best we have, but something else might be > > better. Patron can certainly be used in any context; whatever else a > > "snowdrifter" is, they will always be a patron, too. But it might be > > an added bonus to make up a word to fit the description, "a patron who > > matches the contributions of all other patrons, and who is matched by > > them". > > > > (A web and spiders comes to mind, though I doubt that's what we want.) > > > > I think we should either stick with patron and use it consistently, or > > hash out a better word now. > > > > I think that if anyone comes up with a great suggestion soon, we'll > certainly consider it. But we went through this sort of process before > already and decided that "patron" was the best term. Incidentally, that > was before Patreon existed, but still… we weighed lots of options. > "Patron" is the most appropriate. > > To be specific this decision was already made and it is this: > > "Supporter" is the broad term for anyone helping in any way, > "Contributor" is the term for volunteering *time*, and "Patron" is the > term for donating money in the network pledge system. > > Note that we have this page already: > https://snowdrift.coop/p/snowdrift/w/en/terminology > > We should all accept and use words as specified there unless there's a > stated objection. We can then discuss any particular concerns, and we > can update that page accordingly. We can also use the discussion for > that page to hold focused points about any issues. > > Cheers, > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Wolf Snowdrift.coop <https://snowdrift.coop> > _______________________________________________ > Design mailing list > Design@lists.snowdrift.coop > https://lists.snowdrift.coop/mailman/listinfo/design >
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