Now if Alice or Bob changes the room name or profile pic, it changes for the other too. I guess because Element doesn't know that the new account is still controlled by the same human - Alice - that the old account was ...
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I can think of two possible fixes;
1) When Alice starts the Direct chat with Bob it creates *two* rooms. One at Alice's end that's tied to Bob, and one at Bob's, tied to Alice. The room tied to Alice will always display her current username and avatar, and the same with one tied to Bob will show his. If either user has two accounts on the room at once, it defaults to the username and avatar of the one that's been there longest.
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