We’ve decided to rename Riot

Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by Arathorn on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:18AM (#23614197)

So, we're not going to go back to Vector (although it has a very special place in our hearts :). It was a great name for a techie-focused comms client (and I'm not surprised HN likes the name :D), but feedback was pretty unanimous that it was too techie for a more general-purpose audience.

Also, heads up that we consciously did not optimise for a made-up name like WhatsApp or similar. Just as Matrix (and Riot, for that matter) has ended up with high search engine scores, we believe the project is strong enough to support us borrowing an existing dictionary word. If nothing else, it'd be consistent with Matrix ;P

So, apologies in advance to anyone who's hoping Riot will end up being called Sporkle or Vroomio or Flibblr... :)

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Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by pferde on Sunday July 05, 2020 @05:28PM (#23742191)

I for one don't think the name Vector is any more "techie" than Signal.

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Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by mckirk on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:22PM (#23617099)

What about 'Eigen'? There only seems to be a C++ library of that name yet, so not too much overlap. And I like its nerdy implication of 'yes, we are only one Matrix client, but we strive to be an important one' ;)

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Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by Arathorn on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @01:58PM (#23617683)

Eigen is a cool name, but very geeky, and we actually know the folks at https://eigentech.com who might object a little if we borrowed the name ;)

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Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by screenbeard on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:43AM (#23639091)

I for one will be immediately renaming my local nuRiot icon as Flibblr

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Re:We’ve decided to rename Riot by vorpalhex on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @10:24AM (#23614263)

Sporkle 2.0: Glitter Edition

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