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Real-world examples of the sharing economy Ron McFarland Thu, 04/20/2023 - 03:00

Some of the most familiar examples of the online sharing economy started small. Consider Airbnb, which started from three airbeds and became AirBed and Breakfast in 2008. As of 2016, 70 million guests have stayed in a stranger's home via Airbnb. The internet-based platform connects people who have a resource not used to capacity—excess space—with others who can use it and provides a means for them to establish trust. It's a perfect example of the sharing business model.

In an earlier article, I introduced the principles behind businesses based on social connection, drawing from the book The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise of Crowd-Based Capitalism by Arun Sundararajan. I will discuss several examples of the sharing business model in this article.

A market for connections

According to Sundararajan, the economic fundamentals of crowd-based capitalism are superior to the current profit-based business model because the raw materials for this economy—space, time, items, and skills—are in excess. Because they already exist, they don't create additional costs to offer them. You could consider it a form of improved resource use conservation, environmental protection or the sustainability economy.

Human relations are a significant value component of the sharing economy. For example, some ride-sharing operators want passengers to sit in the front seat to generate conversation and interaction. The service is about social connection as well as ride-sharing. Since many drivers work part-time as a small side job, the interaction may be just as valuable to them as the fee received.

Here are two weaknesses of traditional taxi services:

• Poor hospitality
• Poor occupancy (utilization) rates because of the business structure (vehicle ownership by driver or company)

Crowd-based, public-private ownership using digital technology apps can tap into decentralized excess capacity that friendly people have rather than single company-owned centralized systems. Hospitality improves, and there is no additional up-front investment. There are sites to outsource the buying and delivery of your groceries, an app to help valet parking services locate cars and parking spaces with GPS, a mail pickup service, laundry pickup, dog walking, and much more.

How platforms build trust

eBay started in 1995 by moving the neighborhood garage sale online and offering isolated booksellers and thrift shop owners a way to expand their market reach outside their local community. The eBay system has many safeguards that protect both buyers and sellers through the transaction processes, so eBay maintains trading partner trust even with great geographic distance between buyers and sellers. For services offered in the sharing economy, location is more important. Peer-to-peer service markets may be more suitable for densely populated urban areas.

Building provider and user trust is an essential factor in making the sharing economy successful. To determine whether or not to place trust in a provider, consumers must consider the vetting process of each platform. What is the quality of their rating system? Some organizations use Facebook friendships as testimonials to confirm trustworthy people. Some platforms completely control the payment system, so payment is assured, but others don't.

Frederic Mazzella, a cofounder of BlaBlaCar, believes trust is central to his company's business and is passionate about its importance. BlaBlaCar's corporate headquarters has a life-sized cardboard cutout of Trust Man, a cape-wearing superhero with a "T" emblazoned on his jumpsuit. Mazzella's conception of trust is based on what he calls the D.R.E.A.M.S. framework: Declared, Rated, Engaged, Activity-based, Moderated, and Social. The company is constantly working on deepening its understanding of trusted exchange.

Collaboration and community building

The organization OuiShare coordinates activities to foster collaboration. In June 2021, they gathered more than 600 people over the three days of OuiShare Fest, which included conferences, workshops, performances, and shows. With this event, OuiShare aspired to create social connections, projects, and collaborations by bringing together people from different backgrounds. Participants explored what they have an excess of and what might be needed and shared. The group started in France and now exists in 20 countries in Europe, where it provides a shared platform for experimentation that gives connectors and members access to a commons of knowledge, tools, and an international network of people from whom to learn and draw inspiration. You could call it transparency of the underused.

Service platforms offer the spare time of people with knowledge, skills, or talent. For example, some platforms provide teachers with specific knowledge and skills in exchange for other knowledge or excess material goods, but not money.  

This article is part of a series on the sharing economy. In the first article, I explained the sharing business model and its value. In this article, I gave many examples of platforms in operation now. In a future article, I will explore how the sharing business model will evolve.

Many popular online marketplaces—and some you've never heard of—illustrate how an economy based on social connections can work.

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What you need to know about the Drupal 9 to 10 migration thejimbirch Thu, 04/20/2023 - 03:00

Drupal 10 was released in December 2022. If you're a current Drupal 9 user, you may be strategizing your website's Drupal 9 to 10 migration. Luckily, the Drupal 9 to 10 migration is being heralded as the easiest upgrade in Drupal's history. That's because Drupal 10 is backward-compatible with Drupal 9 and is not a major overhaul of the core system. But the planning and development process still requires time and attention to ensure the migration goes smoothly.

This article takes a deep dive into the Drupal migration process and how your organization's marketing team can provide support along the way.

Fast facts about the Drupal 9 to 10 migration

Brush up on your Drupal release history with these fast facts:

• Drupal 9 was released in June 2020. At the time of its release, Drupal 9 offered an easier upgrade than ever because it built upon features released for Drupal 8.
• Support for Drupal 9 ends in November 2023. There won't be many new security releases after this time, and no new functionality will be added.
• Drupal 10 was released on December 14, 2022. New features will only be added to Drupal 10 from now on, so if you're looking to use Drupal for the first time, it's recommended to start with Drupal 10.

What's new in Drupal 10?

As mentioned, Drupal 10 builds on innovations released as part of Drupal 9. You won't encounter an entirely new structure and system to get used to when switching to Drupal 10.

That being said, Drupal 10 offers the following updated features to improve the user experience:

• A new default administrative theme and frontend theme: The default Claro administration theme and the Olivero frontend theme offer an accessible, user-friendly, modern experience for website administrators and visitors alike.
• Updates to the CKEditor embedded text editor from V4 to V5: This change facilitates a more modern editing experience and more intuitive authoring.
• Upgrade from the PHP framework Symfony 4 to Symfony 6: Symfony 6 and switching to PHP 8.1 as the minimum version results in a more secure, performant PHP framework.
• Modernization of JavaScript: Drupal 10 switches out the large JQuery library with smaller, better-performing solutions.

Specific technologies aside, Drupal 10 focuses on accessibility, modernization, and user-friendliness for website visitors and editors alike.

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If you upgraded your site from Drupal 7 to 9 in the past, you know that migration required transferring all of your data to a new Drupal 9 website. The Drupal 9 to 10 migration is similar to the upgrade from Drupal 8 to 9, so it won't be such a significant undertaking.

However, you can still take a few measures to set your website up for success. Follow these steps to prepare your Drupal 9 site for the migration:

• Drupal version: Upgrade to at least Drupal 9.4.4 or later. Core updates made before 9.4 have been eliminated, so you must be on at least Drupal 9.4.4 to use the data upgrade path from CKEditor 4 to CKEditor 5.
• Rector: Run Drupal Rector on custom modules and themes. Drupal Rector scans code to look for deprecated functions and helps guide developers to upgrade them.
• CKEditor: Upgrade to CKEditor 5. CKEditor 4 reaches its end-of-life at the end of 2023. Check out Drupal's step-by-step instructions for upgrading to CKEditor 5 to stay up to date.
• PHP: Check your version of PHP. Drupal 10 requires PHP 8.1 or higher, so you may need to update your PHP code. Log into your website's hosting account and check the settings in your control panel to verify which version of PHP you're using.
• Modules and themes: Check your modules and themes. Not all modules and themes from Drupal 9 will be compatible with Drupal 10. If your site uses a module or theme that was removed from Drupal core, download the contributed project version before migrating to Drupal 10.
• Test: Update to Drupal 10 and test your site. Run automated code tests using tools like Drupal Rector or PHPStan. Also, conduct manual testing to ensure that everything is working as expected. Check your forms, links, page navigation, and other site elements to note any user-experience issues.

Hassle-free upgrade

Ideally, upgrading your website from Drupal 9 to 10 shouldn't be a hassle. You can make the already simple process even easier with the tips I've provided. You can take these steps yourself, let your web developer handle it, or work with an external Drupal developer.

This article was adapted from a previous article by Jim Birch, Drupal engineering manager at Kanopi Studios.

Check out these tips for a hassle-free upgrade experience.

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