[kwlug-disc] Naming of apps, RE: Riot -> Element

[Hubert Chathi]

On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 17:26:59 -0500, Mikalai Birukou via kwlug-disc <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> said:

> Yesterday Paul enlightened me, at least, that Riot was renamed to
> Element. Why?  Let's guess :) .

Element has a blog post about why it was renamed:
https://element.io/blog/the-world-is-changing/  It lists a few different
reasons, one of which is, yes, the negative connotations of the word
(which was not the original intention).

Hubert
(who works for Element)