@faithisleaping @malcircuit @tarajdactyl @smxi I'd kind of argue that's a benefit more so than a downside.

Link embed is a good way to test which participants in the chat are using vulnerable media codec libraries. (I hate how rotten that library ecosystem is.)

File upload wastes space on the server uselessly and is better served by either magic-wormhole, IPFS links or magnet links.

I'm not going to contradict the bit about moderation though. I entirely agree that it could *definitely* use some standardization and improvement for that.