[pw6hv]

The application was called Riot earlier and went through a rebranding in July 2020:

https://element.io/blog/welcome-to-element/

[agilob]

It also called Vector before.

[monopoledance]

Both sound better than 'element' to me.

"Comms app" isn't exactly what I expect to be 'atomic', or 'simple', either. Aaand "Element Matrix Services"? bitch, please... XD

'Element' is so un-cybery, feels dated. First association is Bam Margera and teenage skateboard consumer culture. The uncool one, lacking punk rock and attitude. Such a 2000s word.

Anyway, naming things is hard and annoying, so I am glad they found something _they like <3

[Shared404]

I agree. I believe the change in name was at least partially to make it easier for IT to sell to management.

I don't envy the person trying to convince their manager to switch to Riot.

[monopoledance]

But 'vector' sounds fine and cyber. Or 'scalar'.

They could at least go with 'LMNT' (leet manager's new tool) and make the logo a cyber ambigram, like this: ` |_|\|\|¯| `.

As you can see, I do sympathize with their struggles XD

[Shared404]

IIRC, I saw in a discussion somewhere that most of the math related names are already taken, and Vector was moved off of for search rankings or some such thing.

And yeah, Element is a pretty boring name.

[smichel17]

The name grew on me quite a bit once I thought of the phrase, "in my element".

[cush]

Riot is an awful name for any serious communication platform

[kitkat_new]

uncybery describes it well

[meowface]

I suppose it's safe to assume a horrific atomic accident is on the horizon?