> Is it really that surprising that the act of reacting to a message with an emoji isn't E2EE, given the server needs to count the number of reactions? Why cou

> Is it really that surprising that the act of reacting to a message with an emoji isn't E2EE, given the server needs to count the number of reactions? Why couldn't the client simply count the number of reactions? I can't imagine it'd be a performance issue. After all, if you didn't have reactions you'd have a bunch of in-band "+ 1" comments; if such a thing would bring down the server then I'd assume you'd have much bigger problems. Edit: clarification