RT @leesean: For my followers who read Chinese, I just found this book review/@Medium post about #NewPower @thisisnewpower and #WeWashing https://t.co/OWim5Ik2bu #Taiwan

#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)

#WeWashing: When "Sharing" Is Renting and "Community" Is a Commodity

WeWashing is a new term that refers to the abuse of words like "sharing" and "community." Use #WeWashing to identify and critique this abuse.