81
It was fun while it lasted! (kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Lemmy and kbin are gonna get all jacked up in the next couple of days. It was a good ride until everything settles down!

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

IRC doesn't have gif support and let's be honest. Emojis might be an optional requirement for some people, but gifs are the foundation of communication for a lot of people these days.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    GIF support, no, but I think most clients I've seen have the ability to display Unicode emoticons, which would help for 99% of the image use. As far as GIFs, I guess you'd need to build an IRC client that does the same thing as Discord - display a "preview" of a properly-coded image link. Because certainly, it's easy enough to search giphy or tenor and drop a link in chat.

    I'll readily admit the low-effort ability to react with an icon is both a blessing and a curse. It's sometimes enough to drop in an icon or two as a response, saving mental bandwidth but still responding.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent