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Riot is now Element

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550 points J_tt | 1 comments | 15 Jul 20 07:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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echelon ◴[15 Jul 20 08:04 UTC] No.23842493[source]▶
Speaking of names, I'm upset that the username I go by is taken. I'm echelon @ { gmail, HN, Twitter, Github, Gitlab, Square Cash, etc }, but found Riot / Matrix just a few months too late to get my username.

I'm not satisfied with the "just stand up your own server" response as an alternative.

I know it's cutting off my nose, but I've avoided using it because of this. I'm OCD about stupid usernames.

I wish unused usernames got garbage collected.

I really like how Discord handles usernames.

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1. snerbles ◴[15 Jul 20 09:03 UTC] No.23842828[source]▶
You can set your display name to whatever you like, and there are loads of other federated homeservers besides matrix.org.