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It's better to ask why Telegram was blocked, and I think it's often been because of their channels: https://telegram.org/tour/channels https://telegram.org/tou
by hiq 6y ago
It's better to ask why Telegram was blocked, and I think it's often been because of their channels:
https://telegram.org/tour/channels https://telegram.org/tour/channels
In this case it's more relevant to ask why Twitter or Facebook haven't been blocked (if they haven't).
I think WA has a similar feature ("broadcast") but not as widely used (since it is limited to 256 people).
- smileybarry 6y agoWhatsApp broadcasts act a little differently than Telegram channels; they end up as normal messages in a 1-on-1 chat with each recipient (with a megaphone icon next to it), so it's not something you can join or even have as a separate section. WhatsApp groups can be set to act like channels, however, by changing permissions to allow just group admins to send messages.
- ddingus 6y agoThis. Channels are pretty much news feeds of note. And they scale from a community, through to global classes of people.