Re:Mozilla is giving up on their IRC server
by swiley on Saturday May 04, 2019 @09:25PM
(#19830506)
> people can enjoy media the way they want, not just the way you deem fit
Unless the official client doesn't support it of course. (showing edits as new messages is a great example of this.)
And I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy that, but everything has trade offs and automatically opening links from strangers certainly has a lot of those.
>Just as well Discord, Slack, and others put a little "(edited)" annotation next to edited messages. Plus, one can only edit one's own messages; moderators cannot edit other peoples' messages as they can on forums.
I'm well aware of that, it still doesn't help me when I need to see the original version of the message.
> Bots can log messages,
Having to run personal bots is one of the arguments you've made against IRC. Furthermore, it's often not allowed.
> If your preferred Discord/Slack server
If I could pick the server most of my problems would go away.
>It really sounds like you're inventing to do with software with which you've little experience.
I have less experience with it than IRC, when I used to use IRC it was voluntary because it was actually pleasant. I never use slack, discord, or lync/skype voluntarily, but I've been forced to use all three by various organizations.
Unless the official client doesn't support it of course. (showing edits as new messages is a great example of this.)
And I'm not saying they shouldn't be allowed to enjoy that, but everything has trade offs and automatically opening links from strangers certainly has a lot of those.
>Just as well Discord, Slack, and others put a little "(edited)" annotation next to edited messages. Plus, one can only edit one's own messages; moderators cannot edit other peoples' messages as they can on forums.
I'm well aware of that, it still doesn't help me when I need to see the original version of the message.
> Bots can log messages,
Having to run personal bots is one of the arguments you've made against IRC. Furthermore, it's often not allowed.
> If your preferred Discord/Slack server
If I could pick the server most of my problems would go away.
>It really sounds like you're inventing to do with software with which you've little experience.
I have less experience with it than IRC, when I used to use IRC it was voluntary because it was actually pleasant. I never use slack, discord, or lync/skype voluntarily, but I've been forced to use all three by various organizations.