On Sun, 24 May 2020 at 18:35, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion <agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > On Sun, May 24, 2020 at 11:29 AM James Cook via agora-discussion < > agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > > > > > TODO: what happens to exess lots? > > > > > > One option that I can see would be to have it go to Lost and Found or > > > have it returned to Agora. In either of these circumstances, there > > > could be some procedure for it entering a periodic consolidated > > > auction. We could also destroy it, but I don't particularly like that > > > option. > > > > For free auctions, it would make more sense for them to go back to the > > original owner. To keep track of this, "original owner" could be an > > auction switch. This could also be used to keep track of who payment > > should go to (which Jason brought up). > > > > If we're going to do that, we should consider sticking closer to the > > existing names to avoid confusing people trying to compare auctions > > before and after the change. Auctioneer for "original owner" an > > Announcer for person actually sending the announcements. > > > > TBH, I've always found the existing wording extremely confusing. IRL, an > auctioneer is what current Agoran terminology calls the Announcer. It's... > weird. I'd favor making it less confusing rather than continuing the > current system. > > -Aris
Fair point. Maybe "Seller" for the original owner / recipient of payments? - Falsifian
