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Hrmm.. the image upload is not as cool as I'd hope. Yes it includes it, but you still need to upload and host it somewhere yourself. This could be really kill

Hrmm.. the image upload is not as cool as I'd hope. Yes it includes it, but you still need to upload and host it somewhere yourself. This could be really killer if it allowed uploads of arbitrary attachments and images. Could see it as an interesting way of keeping a log with a client.

ericflo 16y ago
We've definitely heard this feedback from others, especially those coming from other web-based chat products that tend to include this feature. Right now we haven't offered this as a feature because we're a free app, and hosting more than a few files and images would be cost prohibitive. We're definitely open to building it in the future if it can be subsidized somehow, or if we directly charge for it.
- axod 16y ago
  FWIW, file upload is a drop in the ocean compared to the bandwidth of managing a large number of chat users lines of chat ;)
  - jhrobert 16y ago
    Is this true? I have a similar issue. So far I too consider that hosting files costs a lot, whereas bandwidth (for text) is reasonably cheap. Am I missing something?
    - axod 16y ago
      The much worse cost is in policing content and dealing with illegal content.
dabeeeenster 16y ago
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antimatter15 16y ago
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