[mikegerwitz]

> There is absolutely no need in wasting time scoring nerd points.

You're completely missing the point.

Sure, some people might do it to score points with their peers, but many of us use text-based clients because it fits well within our workflows. I used to use Mutt, because I do everything except for graphical web browsing (literally) on a terminal. I switched to Gnus in Emacs because it's heavily scriptable and has very convenient integration with Org Mode.