Relevant discussion: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/818
Not using any browser that isn't open source.
You see spez's ban hammer coming at you.
Well well, that surprises me. But it still lacks the features.
Btw image embedding can be done using this syntax: 
It's not meant to be selfhosted.
https://github.com/revoltchat/self-hosted
it's not federated
I'll agree on that one. Though the FAQ says that it is not on their future roadmap, but is possible. https://developers.revolt.chat/faq.html
The developer seems very shady
Why?
They are undoubtedly better, but neither of them feel like Discord. They are more like WhatsApp or Signal.
Not suited for the job.
There's a new beta one which only uses its own index: https://stract.com/
And best of all it's written in Rust.
Notion mail? Wasn't that Skiff mail previously?
You can moderate remote communities, but you can't create ones. Though you can "own" (be the top mod) in one iirc.
No? But it can be implemented. Though I don't think anyone really cares about it, so most likely it won't. Revolt does not even advertise itself as a gaming chat platform, but just a chat platform.