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You want IRC to have a kitchen sink. But IRC is perfect for it's intended scope. You get to use whatever other service you want for sending files or sharing ima
by atomi 9y ago
You want IRC to have a kitchen sink. But IRC is perfect for it's intended scope. You get to use whatever other service you want for sending files or sharing images. All you have to do is link to it.
- bastawhiz 9y agoThe attitude of "you have a link, that's good enough" is a silly one. What about file metadata? Who uploaded it? What's their identity in the chat? Because there's no threading in IRC, you can't have a discussion about files/links that persists separate from the channel. Even if you make a HEAD request for every file, what if I want to see the page title of the link or a thumbnail of a linked video or image rather than downloading it? If we keep the attitude of "IRC solves all the problems it intends to solve," then the number of users whose problems are addressed by IRC shrinks more and more over time.