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Not the primary use case for stickers, but what do you do when you're talking with someone for whom you're not literate in their language? Or someone who is not literate in any language?

Stickers provide utility beyond beyond a fun way to communicate. Stickers, emoji reactions, voice notes, etc. are things we tend to see denigrated here, but are also non-optional features for a messaging app in the year 2016.

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Stickers are easily replaced by emoji and small images. In fact this is how the matrix bridges do it.

I'm not sure what you mean by "replaced" by small images? Stickers are just images that are provided in a set.

So long as the masses of sticker users would recognize them as such, then that's fine, I think.

2016?

I wish.

Not a typo, that's roughly my recollection for when stickers, reacts, and voice notes became broadly expected in messaging apps.

I can't imagine seriously aspiring to get everyone I know to download a messaging app in the year 2026 that doesn't have these features at a minimum.

These days messaging apps have been translation features. Another thing that matrix/element is missing sadly.

I remember reading a feature request and it was put off on the reasoning of "server-based breaks our encryption and client-based doesn't work well enough". Makes sense but I don't think the latter point is still true, and Matrix is too focused on encryption IMO. In large open rooms there's no point to it because anyyone who wants to can join anyway.

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