I've seen some IM platforms (namely Revolt and Guilded) have the ability to let
the user reference multiple messages in a single reply, which might be a useful
feature. I think with the XEP as it currently is, it could be fairly simple to
add support for this feature.
I think an addition like this would be good.
"""
Section 3.2 - Multi-Message Replies
A user may want to reply to multiple messages with a single message. This can
be done by including many reply elements. Ordering is important, so the reply
element MUST include an "arrangement" attribute that counts up from 0, with 0
being displayed at the top in the client UI.
EXAMPLE 5. Yuri replies to both Max's and Anna's messages in a MUC.
```
<message to='[email protected]'
from='[email protected]/anna' id='groupchat-id1' type='groupchat'>
<stanza-id xmlns='urn:xmpp:sid:0' id='groupchat-id1' />
<body>A fort will keep us safe!</body>
</message>
<message to='[email protected]'
from='[email protected]/max' id='groupchat-id2' type='groupchat'>
<stanza-id xmlns='urn:xmpp:sid:0' id='groupchat-id2' />
<body>Adoring blue flags for style!</body>
</message>
<message to='[email protected]'
from='[email protected]/yuri' id='groupchat-id3' type='groupchat'>
<stanza-id xmlns='urn:xmpp:sid:0' id='groupchat-id3' />
<body>Excellent ideas! Let's get right to it!</body>
<reply to='[email protected]/anna' id='groupchat-id1'
arrangement='0' xmlns='urn:xmpp:reply:0' /><reply
to='[email protected]/max' id='groupchat-id2' arrangement='1'
xmlns='urn:xmpp:reply:0' />
</message>
```
A fallback for this would work in the same way as the previous section, the
main difference is that the fallback would include all referenced messages.
"""
I think it also might be worth considering having some kind of limiter in how
many messages can be referenced by one reply - perhaps MUCs that advertise
support for replies could indicate in a data form how many references may be
one message, and if clients don't self-enforce this, then the MUC could throw a
policy violation error and drop the message.
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