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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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