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Every social network has a "weird" subset. "Weird facebook" is circularly-referencing visual memes. Weird Telegram is people who mix their Deleuze and Bataille

Every social network has a "weird" subset. "Weird facebook" is circularly-referencing visual memes. Weird Telegram is people who mix their Deleuze and Bataille and come up with something like the Andy Kaufmann version of witchcraft mysticism. I mean, it's awesome.

Infernal 9y ago
I've never tried/installed Telegram but thought it was just a messaging app - not a social network. Now I'm /almost/ curious enough to try it.... but I can't install it now.
- klez 9y ago
  It depends on your definition of a social network. Telegram is a messaging app with group chat you can join and others where you're invited to. And bots of varying utility.
- eitland 9y ago
  Many use it for many-to-many family chat: Pictures from birthdays and everyday life to aunts/uncles and grandparents etc. Many also use it for social/professional groups (again many-to-many) where it offers simplicity but also includes moderation features in "supergroups" that can have up to 100 000 users. Lately I've also joined a few channels. Channels are one-to-many (or rather: one or a few-to-many) As for why Telegram it is super easy to use, it seems well aligned with my interests in that it's owner already lost his previous company to authorities and seems obsessed with preventing that from happening again. That said: if your life or professional life depends on strong crypto I'd think twice or more as certain bright and leading cryptographers seems to distrust/hate it. (Anyone who needs that should think carefully anyways but Signal seems to be a good option that is also aligned with the users interests. WhatsApp is often recommended as well and they also seem to have solid crypto but I actively avoid them as they've broken too many promises already and also has a owner that is not aligned with my interests.)
sr-ix 9y ago
where can I find weird telegram?
- thanatropism 9y ago
  Ask around in subreddits like sorcery of the spectacle, etc.
- PeterMikhailov 9y ago
  Russian meme world https://telegram.me/ebanistika https://telegram.me/ebanistika
nyolfen 9y ago
YES I WENT TO COLLEGE depressed bear image RHIZOME
SauciestGNU 9y ago
Never used telegram but that sounds interesting. Are there public channels for this sort of thing?
- csydas 9y ago
  Yes. You can have persistent channels with up to 100000 members which operate more or less like an individual chat. The program has separate notification settings for group chats, allows pinning of messages, etc. Content is shared the same way, you can integrate bots pretty easily into channels, and so on. Just search online for channels or browse through this list: https://tchannels.me https://tchannels.me It's pretty handy, and how deep you go is up to you.

Infernal 9y ago

I've never tried/installed Telegram but thought it was just a messaging app - not a social network. Now I'm /almost/ curious enough to try it.... but I can't install it now.

klez 9y ago
It depends on your definition of a social network. Telegram is a messaging app with group chat you can join and others where you're invited to. And bots of varying utility.
eitland 9y ago
Many use it for many-to-many family chat: Pictures from birthdays and everyday life to aunts/uncles and grandparents etc. Many also use it for social/professional groups (again many-to-many) where it offers simplicity but also includes moderation features in "supergroups" that can have up to 100 000 users. Lately I've also joined a few channels. Channels are one-to-many (or rather: one or a few-to-many) As for why Telegram it is super easy to use, it seems well aligned with my interests in that it's owner already lost his previous company to authorities and seems obsessed with preventing that from happening again. That said: if your life or professional life depends on strong crypto I'd think twice or more as certain bright and leading cryptographers seems to distrust/hate it. (Anyone who needs that should think carefully anyways but Signal seems to be a good option that is also aligned with the users interests. WhatsApp is often recommended as well and they also seem to have solid crypto but I actively avoid them as they've broken too many promises already and also has a owner that is not aligned with my interests.)

sr-ix 9y ago

where can I find weird telegram?

thanatropism 9y ago
Ask around in subreddits like sorcery of the spectacle, etc.
PeterMikhailov 9y ago
Russian meme world https://telegram.me/ebanistika https://telegram.me/ebanistika

nyolfen 9y ago

YES I WENT TO COLLEGE depressed bear image RHIZOME

SauciestGNU 9y ago

Never used telegram but that sounds interesting. Are there public channels for this sort of thing?

csydas 9y ago
Yes. You can have persistent channels with up to 100000 members which operate more or less like an individual chat. The program has separate notification settings for group chats, allows pinning of messages, etc. Content is shared the same way, you can integrate bots pretty easily into channels, and so on. Just search online for channels or browse through this list: https://tchannels.me https://tchannels.me It's pretty handy, and how deep you go is up to you.