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Riot is now Element

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550 points J_tt | 2 comments | 15 Jul 20 07:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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rplnt ◴[15 Jul 20 10:18 UTC] No.23843279[source]▶
Signal and Telegram are more obvious, yes, but it's not like unrelated or unique names couldn't work.

Slack comes to mind. Or, I seek you?

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rvnx ◴[15 Jul 20 11:16 UTC] No.23843646[source]▶
Slack is an absolutely horrible name, especially for work-related purposes; it doesn't reflect messaging but laziness and productivity waste.
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1. lmns ◴[15 Jul 20 12:51 UTC] No.23844431[source]▶
Which is exactly the point of the name, isn't it? The name makes you think of leisure time, but in fact you are still working and discussing work-related things while using it.
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2. dexterdog ◴[15 Jul 20 20:08 UTC] No.23850974[source]▶
You haven't seen most people use slack then