I'll make sure that we give clarity to this mistake.
While writing, that statement was meant to convey that raining on a project can draw attention and / or additional crunchers. It was poorly worded though because the understanding you got (and I also see now that you have pointed it out) was that the rain itself distributes magnitude to the user. This was not the intended meaning.
We rewrote a good portion of it (changes italicized and bold):
Rain is a unique feature of the Gridcoin Research wallet. It permits anyone to distribute a set number of their GRC to the participants of a particular BOINC project. This has the potential to draw more participants and their computing power to that project. We intend to explore the way Gridcoin utilizes this feature in a future post.
Does this edit fit with how you view the rain feature?
Rain is a tool to move GRC i.e. cryptocurrency i.e. money. You should fix that mistake. "Crunch power" may eventually move after the money, but it's not guaranteed in any way.
Uhm, this is a mistake. Why are you distorting the truth about how the system functions?
It's a tool that is used to move magnitude between projects
Total magnitude is fixed for each project, as it is split evenly between the whitelisted projects. That is how GRC is fairly distributed between projects. Nothing can change that. Rain has zero effect on magnitude.
I'll make sure that we give clarity to this mistake.
While writing, that statement was meant to convey that raining on a project can draw attention and / or additional crunchers. It was poorly worded though because the understanding you got (and I also see now that you have pointed it out) was that the rain itself distributes magnitude to the user. This was not the intended meaning.
We rewrote a good portion of it (changes italicized and bold):
Does this edit fit with how you view the rain feature?
It's a tool that is used to move magnitude between projects. Magnitude may be the wrong word. Crunch power.
When I say, "I'm going to RAIN on project X." Magnitude, crunch power, moves accordingly.
Rain is a tool to move GRC i.e. cryptocurrency i.e. money. You should fix that mistake. "Crunch power" may eventually move after the money, but it's not guaranteed in any way.
Uhm, this is a mistake. Why are you distorting the truth about how the system functions?
Total magnitude is fixed for each project, as it is split evenly between the whitelisted projects. That is how GRC is fairly distributed between projects. Nothing can change that. Rain has zero effect on magnitude.
Easy with the accusations = ). A conversation would be far more productive.
I openly admitted that we may have used the wrong word. The intent is "crunch power." We will address this when we can.
Do you think that rain is not a tool of the ecosystem regarding how Gridcoin seeks to spread IPP across projects?