Better late than never I guess, let's hope they go the extra mile with this:
Hello all -
The team has been working on a pretty significant update for the game that will improve the PC lobby experience while also incorporating a major overhaul of the lobby system on the console version of D2R.
We expect this to be in the coming weeks. Once we have more details on the exact date, we will be sharing that here on our forums.
This'll be another x-post because sadly /r/diablo is where the discussion is these days.
Wish Diablofans could become the real hub for all things Diablo again. Guess the downtime hit us hard.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/rks6iv/ingame_channels_should_and_could_be_a_much_better/
Better late than never I guess, let's hope they go the extra mile with this:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/d2r/t/diablo-ii-resurrected-lobby-updates-coming-soon/133242
The update was good but it didn't address channels at all. Hopefully it's on the radar.