Post B3F9iPulXpexXT0OPY by esden@chaos.social
(DIR) More posts by esden@chaos.social
(DIR) Post #B3F9iIy3ND87zdUQ40 by esden@chaos.social
2026-02-11T20:14:36Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Considering that Discord is continuing its walk towards "bad”. I once again look for alternatives…IRCv3 can't come early enough. If there was an ircd, bouncer and good desktop&web client supporting these I would probably consider going back to IRC:* reply to (draft): https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/react* edit/delete message (draft): https://ircv3.net/specs/extensions/message-redaction (this includes deletion)* react (I guess emoji?) (draft): https://ircv3.net/specs/client-tags/react.html
(DIR) Post #B3F9iJdsrgag5N3pGS by nobody@mastodon.acm.org
2026-02-12T11:18:49Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@esden considering that #Discord is just a web slop clone of #Mumble...
(DIR) Post #B3F9iPulXpexXT0OPY by esden@chaos.social
2026-02-11T20:16:05Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
I am pretty sure markdown support is a client only feature which I would also like to see supported. But I think it could be implemented on existing IRC without big issues... IRCv3 also has stuff to support UTF-8 which seems fundamental at this point.
(DIR) Post #B3F9iXTPRQWwywGesi by esden@chaos.social
2026-02-11T20:19:26Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
And before you ask, besides general account security, (which I feel regular IRC already supports well enough) I do not really care for all the fancy encryption for public casual group chats. In a chat with more than a few friends you can't assume privacy anyways…
(DIR) Post #B3F9if712ZN4fnqt5U by esden@chaos.social
2026-02-11T23:46:54Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
As I was asked a few times. I am not dismissing "new solutions" like Zulip completely. The reason why I hope that IRCv3 might be a good solution is the fact that over 35 years later it is still around and used and developed for by quite a lot of people. It would be great if could settle on a platform and not have to move project chats to the "new shiny thing" every 5-10 years. :/
(DIR) Post #B3F9imRplZBPQOe70a by esden@chaos.social
2026-02-11T23:48:57Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
Funnily enough, the universe decided that today is the day where libera.chat announces they are starting to deploy IRCv3 features over the next two weeks. Together with IRCCloud (that I am already using) it might actually be a solution that is here rather than one that I am "hoping for". Looking forward to trying it all out! :D https://fosstodon.org/@liberachat/116054051568526229