Riot is now Element

Re:Riot is now Element by LarvaFX on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:34AM (#23842657)

I don't like the name because it is so generic and for me the word invokes no association with communication whatsoever.

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Re:Riot is now Element by teruakohatu on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:36AM (#23842671)

I just think Element14. I agree with you, it is so generic as to be meaningless. Signal makes sense. iMessage & Facetime do what they say. Whatsapp at least sounds like a fun app even if the name is meaningless.

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Re:Riot is now Element by exochrono on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:42AM (#23842705)

I think WhatsApp is a play on "What's Up" which actually makes a lot of sense given that's pretty much the point of a lot of casual conversation haha

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Re:Riot is now Element by hoffs on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @04:51AM (#23842757)

I think of Element the skateboarding company

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Re:Riot is now Element by mitch-snipline on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @05:07AM (#23842842)

Same here.

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Re:Riot is now Element by hellofunk on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @06:35AM (#23843386)

How about another very generic and common word, “Apple.”

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Re:Riot is now Element by nytpu on Thursday July 16, 2020 @06:17PM (#23864481)

Except they were originally "Apple Computers" until they slowly gained enough recognition to rebrand to "Apple," plus that was in 1984, there wasn't an oversatuated market of other computer brands also called "Apple," unlike "Element" which has tons of existing tech-related and non–tech-related overlap and is generic on top of it.

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