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Glad to hear they updated the name. Riot.im sounds better for telling others to use it.
by bnjms 10y ago
Glad to hear they updated the name. Riot.im sounds better for telling others to use it.
- Gruselbauer 10y agoIt's a wonderful name, indeed. "Let's riot!", I totally approve.
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- rat87 10y agoCan't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.
- Gruselbauer 10y agoAbsolutely not. It's got a bit of an edge without seeming like something an angry teenager came up with - murder.im or so, "Riot" doesn't have only inherently negative associations -, it's short, easy to remember... it would've been a great name for many software projects, but especially for collaborative, communicative software I find it to be a stellar choice.
- bnjms 10y agoI actually wrote a reply explaining why it was a great name and vector somehow fell flat before understanding that you were being genuine. I agree. Riot has that edge but a Riot is always a group activity. And it's something anyone can join. They only need jump into the riot.
- rat87 10y ago> "Riot" doesn't have only inherently negative associations ??? Could you provide some, I can't think of any. Also Vector seemed fairly decent (with the small plus of the matrix/vector association). Riot isn't much shorter then Vector, it has violent/negative association, and changing names (unless its a major improvement) seems like a bad idea for a piece of software relying on network effects and trying to become popular.
- bnjms 10y agoRiots often occur when groups feel they have no other recourse. There is sometimes a positive fallout from the riot but at such an extended time that it isn't clear the riot had anything to do with it. It's a group activity that shows a group of people all feel similarly about a subject. An expression of which is usually considered positive except for the presence of destruction and violence during a riot.