Comment 34 for bug 296867

There are many good arguments as to why otr support should be high priority in this thread, and others, and to as to why many people consider leaving out otr-support a very bad idea. We
Google: telepathy otr and you'll see a lot of them.

My view: Should be a default out-of-the-box, as it works with all protocols. Almost everyone in my contactlist uses otr now-a-days, and no, they are not all "nerds". We use otr at work too.