Telegram is fine for public and semi-public use. We mostly use it as a an IRC replacement with better multimedia capabilities. We also bridge some channels to I

Telegram is fine for public and semi-public use. We mostly use it as a an IRC replacement with better multimedia capabilities. We also bridge some channels to IRC. It's fine as long as people understand that it offers privacy only a notch above email. Now the security is on the level of a post card in an envelope instead of a bare postcard levels of security offered by email.