And if the name was "The Give" I wouldn't have quite as much of a problem with it, though that's still not a great name, especially in this context.

I'm trying to tell you that I don't think the name "The Gives" is very good, and I don't think I'm alone in that opinion. Do with that information what you will, but my advice in response to your "Show HN" is to pick a better name (and correspondingly, domain name).