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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: 0.265s | source
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badrabbit ◴[15 Jul 20 10:07 UTC] No.23843202[source]▶
No!!! Of all the names in the world why this. "Hey bro, let's chat on Element" ,not quite a ring to it.

The hardest problem in computer science strikes again!

Matrix,Riot and Libolm are epic projects, I wish them all the success but man, even Riot was a hard sell as a brand. I would seriously be dissapointed if it loses popularity over this. I don't think the project maintainers understand that their core users/fans are waiting for a product they can sell to friends,family and coworkers.

People who don't know tech rely on branding/brand reputation and word of mouth reputation to decide if they are intetested in even trying out a product to begin with.

Which of these is unlike the others?

1) Signal

2) Telegram

3) Element

4) Whatsapp

Hint: The theme is messaging and communication.

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Arathorn ◴[15 Jul 20 10:44 UTC] No.23843441[source]▶
I think "let's chat on Element" has an awesome ring to it, personally :D
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1. Multicomp ◴[15 Jul 20 11:37 UTC] No.23843786[source]▶
Not to ape your message but this, exactly. Element is much better than riot. Now if only I could find it in fdroid or GP.

Joke: I think I'm starting to see the hacker news version of the gell-mann amnesia effect, when you read something you have no opinion of, the hacker news people sound so smart, but when you read something, form your own opinion first, and then arrive at the HN comments to see everyone melting down, you wonder "where did all the smart people go?" 5 minutes later, you are back to being part of the concern mob. :)