Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by notthemessiah 1745 days ago
Honestly, I find it better than naming a chat protocol "Matrix", which either brings to mind the movie or the mathematical structure (it also makes it a pain to search for and distinguish from linear algebra libraries). I'm more bothered by the laziness of using a thesaurus on a competing product which was badly named to begin with (Element was previously Riot). I'd rather have it some nonsensical (Zulip, Jitsi) or misspelled something, partially descriptive (Rocket.chat), or better yet based on a portmanteau (Talkyard, Mattermost) or some kind of clever wordplay.