[anthk]

> Jabber fans and they despise basic things like emojis

We had those for sure before you ever have been in a school.

> let alone important things like preserving offline messages

Jabber is federated, that's up to the service or client. Also, Jabber is extensible, it could be implemented in a breeze.

[oblio]

> We had those for sure before you ever have been in a school.

He's not wrong though. The average IRC user, especially, hates emojis.

[hombre_fatal]

Though I think the reason you never see emojis on IRC is just a reminder that nobody uses IRC from their phone, that's how screwed IRC is.