Color should be set by user ID, not display name

[MayeulC]

Otherwise you end up with changing colors, which doesn't convey the fact that it is indeed the same user:

This is how nheko does it: hash user ID and distribute it on a color wheel, ensure the contrast is good enough.

Element uses a simpler approach with a LUT and 8 colors, configurable with a theme.

[bakkot]

Hm, I'm undecided about this. I've also seen someone log in using multiple matrix accounts on different homeservers, but set their display name to the same thing each time; in that case the current behavior is correct.

In practice I doubt it'll come up much; people don't tend to change either very often, in my experience.

[MayeulC]

It really depends which room you are in, some use that as a status message, since you can have per-room nicks (/myroomnick in Element).

As you prefer, that's just how most Matrix clients handle it, and I was surprised while perusing the log. That's all :)

[bakkot]

I suppose it makes sense to match prevailing convention among other matrix clients. I'll put it on my backburner to fix it.