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Does "whatsapp" sound like messaging? or "Skype"? or "Slack"? or "IRC"?

• neutronicus 6y ago
  WhatsApp sounds like "what's up" - it definitely suggests conversation The other two are meaningless, but at least monosyllabic - "I'll Skype you," "I'll Slack you," "I'll ... Element you?"
  • Multicomp 6y ago
    I plan to use a phrase like 'lets connect on Element'. Element is a much better name than Riot. Lot less of a hard sell to convert normies.
    • neutronicus 6y ago
      Yeah, I guess the polysyllable "hop on a Zoom call" has already entered the corporate lexicon, and "hop an an Element call" could just as easily displace it.
  • sushshshsh 6y ago
    "I'll Riot you" is also a non-sequitur at best
    • teekert 6y ago
      Perhaps less confusing than Signalling someone :)
  • runarberg 6y ago
    I’ll zoom you also sounds weird unless you know zoom is a telecommunication app, and it sounded weird until people started using it. “I’ll start an Element call with you” won’t sound weird after people start using it.
  • vpzom 6y ago
    You shouldn't say that anyway, since the protocol is called Matrix
• znpy 6y ago
  or kik or discord
  • badrabbit 6y ago
    Discord=argument=discussion
    • Macha 6y ago
      Discord may be starting to regret their own name as they finally move away from gamer-centric branding and start broadening their marketing.
    • gsich 6y ago
      I wouldn't use "discord" as synonym for "argument" more like "disagreement" ie. the argumentation phase is over.
• account42 6y ago
  IRC = internet relay chat chat does sound like messaging Skype sounds like a made up word. Nothing wrong with that.
  • soylentcola 6y ago
    Also (as far as I know) the term "IRC" wasn't created as a product name intended to represent the protocol/service to potential customers. It was just an abbreviated descriptor of what it was.
  • qtplatypus 6y ago
    The point of having a made up name that has nothing to do with the thing it is about is that it makes defending a trademark easier.