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User Concern Rename Suggestions

Moving away from -able suffixes toward nouns, roles (-er), and past participles (-ed) — inspired by fizzy's naming conventions.

Current Suggested Rationale
Agreeable Agreements Manages has_many :agreements — noun for the thing it manages (and "agreeable" means pleasant, not "has agreements")
Exportable Exporter User performs exports — agent noun like fizzy's Searcher/Watcher
ExternallyIdentifiable ExternalIdentity Syncs with WorkOS identity provider — noun for what it represents
HubspotSyncable HubspotSync Syncs contacts to HubSpot — noun for the process
Identifiable Identity Core identity: name, email, guest?, initials, emoji IDs, merge — noun like fizzy's Avatar
Inviteable Invitations Accepts pending WorkOS invitations — noun for what it manages
Migratable Migration Tracks platform migration status — noun for the thing
Joinable JoinCode Generates/validates join codes — specific noun for what it actually does
Organizable Membership Org/team memberships + expunge/anonymize — noun for the core association
Presentable Presenter Has polls, questions, activations as presenter — role noun like fizzy's Assignee
ScreenNameable ScreenNames Finds/creates screen names — plural noun
TimeZoneable TimeZone Sets/guesses time zone — noun for the attribute it manages
Workspaceable Workspace Finds workspace for an org — already noun-shaped in spirit
ZendeskEnrichable ZendeskEnrichment Enriches Zendesk tickets — noun for the process
Auditable Audited Past participle like fizzy's Named/Timelined (shared concern, so debatable)

Result

include Agreements, Discard::Model, Exporter, ExternalIdentity,
  HubspotSync, Identity, Invitations, Migration, JoinCode, Membership, Presenter,
  ScreenNames, TimeZone, Workspace, ZendeskEnrichment

include Audited
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