Gregory's Server@smxi Yes well Matrix, Discord etc aren't just for text. They're for text, emojis, gifs, voice, files, and other built in features. I miss IRC, but most people don't think IRC holds up for what they expect from a modern group chat client.
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 @smxi I can't say I disagree, but if a platform/service/whatever wants a meaningful market share they have to give the masses what they want - and the masses demand animated things and graphics in their chats. And to be fair, some things are much more easily conveyed with a suiting gif (although it can also make an unbelievable mess of a large group chat, but people seem to not care). @macberg Memes, reaction GIFs etc is in some way a language itself. They can express a lot more than text smileys, which is what they compete with. You can paraphrase all that with plain text, but that makes you depend stronger on certain natural languages. Memes and GIFs are more based on shared culture than shared language.  @macberg @flauschzelle @smxi Never even heard of it. I see it's FOSS so that's great. Voice can be kind of important though, depending on the use case. Is it properly secure and fully e2e encrypted? @macberg About the security/encryption: I actually don't know, never looked into it 🤷♀️ |
@macberg I'm glad I skipped that stuff. Imagine how many bytes I've avoided sending through cables by just typing text. I find it hard to take seriously a claim that emojis and gifs are meaningful communication devices. Not too long ago those were considered kid stuff lol.
People can't type anymore is my guess. Touch typing was worth learning looking back.
But good thing about never using such things is being able to truly not care about them.