diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 85c74d1..de0609a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ Here are a few important domain objects:
 
 - Spaces are relays used as community groups. Their `url`s are core to a lot of data and components, and are frequently passed around from place to place.
 - Chats are direct message conversations. There is currently some ambiguity in routing, since relays that don't support NIP 29 also have a "chat" tab, which uses vanilla NIP-C7.
-- NIP 29 groups are variously called "rooms" and "rooms". Conventionally, a "room" is a group id, while a "room" as an object representing the group's metadata.
+- NIP 29 groups are called "rooms". Conventionally, "h" is a group id, while a "room" as an object representing the group's metadata.
 - "Alerts" are records of requests the user has made to be notified, following [this NIP](https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/1796)
 
 `app/core/requests` contains utilities related to loading data from the nostr network. This might include feed manager utilities, loaders, or listeners.
diff --git a/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte b/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
index dcbc627..b8f9210 100644
--- a/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/AlertAdd.svelte
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
   type Props = {
     url?: string
-    room?: string
+    channel?: string
     notifyChat?: boolean
     notifyThreads?: boolean
     notifyCalendar?: boolean
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
   let {
     url = "",
-    room = "email",
+    channel = "email",
     notifyChat = true,
     notifyThreads = true,
     notifyCalendar = true,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   const back = () => history.back()
 
   const submit = async () => {
-    if (room === "email" && !email.includes("@")) {
+    if (channel === "email" && !email.includes("@")) {
       return pushToast({
         theme: "error",
         message: "Please provide an email address",
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
         feed: makeIntersectionFeed(feedFromFilters(filters), makeRelayFeed(url)),
         claims: claim ? {[url]: claim} : {},
         description: `for ${displayList(display)} on ${displayRelayUrl(url)}`,
-        email: room === "email" ? {cron, email} : undefined,
+        email: channel === "email" ? {cron, email} : undefined,
       })
 
       if (error) {
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@
 
   onMount(() => {
     if (!canSendPushNotifications()) {
-      room = "email"
+      channel = "email"
     }
   })
 </script>
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
         <p>Alert Type*</p>
       {/snippet}
       {#snippet input()}
-        <select bind:value={room} class="select select-bordered">
+        <select bind:value={channel} class="select select-bordered">
           <option value="email">Email Digest</option>
           <option value="push">Push Notification</option>
         </select>
       {/snippet}
     </FieldInline>
   {/if}
-  {#if room === "email"}
+  {#if channel === "email"}
     <FieldInline>
       {#snippet label()}
         <p>Email Address*</p>
diff --git a/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte b/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
index 56622c3..7ef417e 100644
--- a/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/Alerts.svelte
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
 
   type Props = {
     url?: string
-    room?: string
+    channel?: string
     hideSpaceField?: boolean
   }
 
-  const {url = "", room = "push", hideSpaceField = false}: Props = $props()
+  const {url = "", channel = "push", hideSpaceField = false}: Props = $props()
 
   const dmStatus = $derived($dmAlert ? deriveAlertStatus(getAddress($dmAlert.event)) : undefined)
 
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     }),
   )
 
-  const startAlert = () => pushModal(AlertAdd, {url, room, hideSpaceField})
+  const startAlert = () => pushModal(AlertAdd, {url, channel, hideSpaceField})
 
   const uncheckDmAlert = async (message: string) => {
     await sleep(100)
diff --git a/src/app/components/MenuSpace.svelte b/src/app/components/MenuSpace.svelte
index c5360b4..9db7c97 100644
--- a/src/app/components/MenuSpace.svelte
+++ b/src/app/components/MenuSpace.svelte
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
   const manageAlerts = () => {
     const component = hasAlerts ? Alerts : AlertAdd
-    const params = {url, room: "push", hideSpaceField: true}
+    const params = {url, channel: "push", hideSpaceField: true}
 
     pushModal(component, params, {replaceState})
   }