Rename: True retention → Retention rate

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I have suggested this one before that we rename “true retention” to “retention rate”. In the current context, the word true doesn’t make any sense. And it might also suggest that there’s some sort of “untrue retention” out there.

For some perspective, the add-on that started it all used the word true to mean “retention rate excluding learn state cards”. And as the “again rate” in stats included learn cards it made sense to claim that “true retention” is somehow truer than the “again rate”.

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I agree, I also find the phrasing weird…

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@dae seems like a consensus, do you opine we only change user-facing names or also internal variable names, etc.?

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User-facing only would be less churn.

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I’m not sure where all you’re thinking of changing the name, but how about just a simple title of Retention without the “rate”?