Post #3555727

2026-07-03 12:04 UTC

@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl @Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith @bonifartius@noauthority.social @Pi_rat@freesoftwareextremist.com it may be weird if you don't routinely write more than 1 line of text to people but having ability to do so doesn't stop you from casual chatting, in fact it has no downsides which is why every chat protocol created after irc takes it for granted. this is also the case for all features supplementing message exchanges of scope comparable to email exchanges and somewhere beyond - it's understood having them is a good thing, so that the scope can grow to reasonable degrees as necessary. xmpp was partially designed as a replacement for emails. this is not "abuse" or "feature bloat" or whatever, this design was driven by observed use and needs of earlier chat technology. you're a fucking caveman

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@tyil@fedi.tyil.nl 2026-07-03 12:13

@menherahair@eientei.org @Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith @bonifartius@noauthority.social @Pi_rat@freesoftwareextremist.com you don't routinely write more than 1 line of text to peopleI do, though. I also use email, both for work and for staying in touch with friends. I have an XMPP server (though I rarely use it), and some of my friends are on Matrix which also has multi-line messages. I don't think multi-line messages are bad per se, and every IRC network I'm on won't kill you for sending a few lines in rapid succession, as if they were multi-line messages. As I stated earlier, saying flood kills are a main concert as to why IRC is unusable is just making up an excuse to denounce IRC as a whole.in fact it has no downsidesUnless you just wanted to casually chat, rather than send essays back and forth. For the essay sending we already have other platforms, so I fail to see why IRC must change if its simply better to use a different tool for a different job.it's understood having them is a good thingIts understood to be a good thing to have different tools for different jobs.xmpp was partially designed as a replacement for emails. this is not "abuse" or "feature bloat" or whateverIndeed, XMPP was designed for that kind of discussion, IRC is not. Meanwhile, in practice, IRC isn't broken for discusssions either. Most networks are configured to be "broken" for flooding, if that's how you want to describe it.you're a fucking cavemanI can tell you I'm having a great time in this here cave. I would recommend it!

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