#WeWashing: "when organizations refer to renting and selling services as 'sharing' and/or use terms like 'community' in misleading ways":
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/leesean-huang/wewashing-when-sharing-is_b_6879018.html
"At worst, [the #sharingeconomy label] is a way of obfuscating commercial transactions as 'sharing' as a way of evade the reach of regulation and oversight."
(via Frank Pasquale, https://twitter.com/FrankPasquale/status/944754728612913152)
@stefanieschulte the word “sharing” always seemed like an odd description for services like Uber and Airbnb.
@jerry @stefanieschulte not sure of USA culture (assuming author is Asian American) but in UK (even big cities) it is normal for taxicab driver (especially older ones) to share some part of their life story with you, its not some magic development via Uber.
I have had to travel in many taxis recently due to hospital appointments, our town supports at *least* two taxi firms with apps that provide same features as Uber but no nasty surprises like surge pricing. Drivers appear well treated too.
@vfrmedia @stefanieschulte @jerry quite common in Ireland too. I had a great chat with a taxi driver last night. Was telling him about recent move, he told me about a concert he's going to. Sometimes people complain about taxi drivers talking to much when they wanna tune our. I'm surprised this isn't a thing in USA