> 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 messag

> 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.