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Riot is now Element

(element.io)
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dividedbyzero ◴[] No.23842409[source]
That's been long overdue and will hopefully help Matrix make inroads into more conservative organizations; I believe the tech is really promising. It's a definite liability, trying to introduce people to Matrix, when the de-facto default client's name evokes all kinds of unhelpful associations – it doesn't sound like work at all and it does sound like gamers, toys, apparently even like a far-left political organisation. Element should be fine for everyone.
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Certhas ◴[] No.23842929[source]
This comment section is remarkable. If the name change is perceived to be in order to be welcoming to corporate, nobody has a problem with that. Imagine if the name change was perceived to be in order to be more welcoming to underrepresented people. We would have endless discussions about pc culture, and how the name is not bad at all, etc...
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1. ATsch ◴[] No.23846154[source]
Makes sense, considering HN has plenty of people from corporations and more or less no people from marginalized groups.