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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. rglullis ◴[15 Jul 20 10:08 UTC] No.23843207[source]▶
I don't get why you are getting so many downvotes - perhaps offtopic?

Anyway: the lesson is that unless you own the top-level domain, you should never think of "your" name. Otherwise you are just getting different leases from different properties.

Do you want to be echelon? Register the domain (ideally on ENS, so that no government can take it away from you), adopt federated/decentralized services and push for adoption of OpenID/WebAuth.