In the short period of using it I had so much BS come through by scammers/spammers - both as DMs and group messages. I’ve rarely had that with WhatsApp.
In my eyes WhatsApp is far better than Telegram. And Signal is far greater than WhatsApp. The only thing I wish Signal had was inbuilt GIFs; it’s not that much of an issue on mobile but it’s a pain on desktop.
Telegram is awful with spam. I’m constantly getting sent links to Telegram groups for Russian porn models who all pretend to be underage and spamming their Boosty links. I feel like it’s probably part of some scam to bait people into buying something illegal and then blackmail them later. I don’t keep it installed anymore because I don’t need that sort of incriminating shit on my devices.
I’d delete my account, but I have a couple people who only use Telegram, but I’m getting close to cutting them off over it unless they switch to something else. I’ve reported this to Telegram numerous times, but these accounts keep popping up and keep managing to reach me.
There’s no ‘love’ for Meta, most people don’t think in those terms. It’s just that their platforms are in heavy use in many countries and you tend to use the method most common to people in your circle.
My older friends and family use Messenger and SMS, my similarly aged peers use WhatsApp, and my work colleagues use Signal. So I correspond across all these. I know the benefits and pitfalls of each but I can’t influence the established communication choices of others. The only people i know who use Telegram are racist nutjobs.
I don’t understand the love for Telegram.
In the short period of using it I had so much BS come through by scammers/spammers - both as DMs and group messages. I’ve rarely had that with WhatsApp.
In my eyes WhatsApp is far better than Telegram. And Signal is far greater than WhatsApp. The only thing I wish Signal had was inbuilt GIFs; it’s not that much of an issue on mobile but it’s a pain on desktop.
Telegram is awful with spam. I’m constantly getting sent links to Telegram groups for Russian porn models who all pretend to be underage and spamming their Boosty links. I feel like it’s probably part of some scam to bait people into buying something illegal and then blackmail them later. I don’t keep it installed anymore because I don’t need that sort of incriminating shit on my devices.
I’d delete my account, but I have a couple people who only use Telegram, but I’m getting close to cutting them off over it unless they switch to something else. I’ve reported this to Telegram numerous times, but these accounts keep popping up and keep managing to reach me.
Just change your privacy settings then.
It’s either something about your phone number or your username. I’ve never had a problem on there
Telegram is more user friendly than Whatsapp, it’s clients are open source and has a decent desktop app.
It’s way better than Zuck’s trash.
No E2EE by default though
That’s interesting I never had that experience with telegram. It’s been cust as “clean” as Whatsapp for me
I get you, but I don’t get the love for Facebook/meta/whatsapp
There’s no ‘love’ for Meta, most people don’t think in those terms. It’s just that their platforms are in heavy use in many countries and you tend to use the method most common to people in your circle.
My older friends and family use Messenger and SMS, my similarly aged peers use WhatsApp, and my work colleagues use Signal. So I correspond across all these. I know the benefits and pitfalls of each but I can’t influence the established communication choices of others. The only people i know who use Telegram are racist nutjobs.
Same but android development communities for me, on telegram