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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 in

• 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.)