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For many years, I have been microblogging from Telegram. Telegram is great for that, thanks to the channels feature. Yes, I know, it is closed, and centralized,

by pqs 4y ago

For many years, I have been microblogging from Telegram. Telegram is great for that, thanks to the channels feature. Yes, I know, it is closed, and centralized, and it has many other problems, but it is super convenient. Now I'm trying to post my post as WordPress entries which are linked in the channel, but it is more cumbersome. This way, people can follow me through the RSS and I own my posts. I haven't read this book yet, but I will check it, as I'm very interested in the microblog format. But still, Telegram is so convenient ... Any decentralized indie microblogging approach must beat Telegram in convenience, and this is very hard.

asim 4y ago
Thanks for sharing. Did not know Telegram had a blogging platform. Assuming it's this https://telegra.ph https://telegra.ph. Is there an integration inside telegram for publishing?
- chaosite 4y ago
  I don't think that's it? I think they're just using a channel, as described. You got to squint a bit until you recognize it as a blogging platform, but all the functionality is technically there.
- blooalien 4y ago
  Actually, while that is indeed a service of Telegram last I checked, I don't believe that's what asim was talking about. Pretty sure they're using a Telegram channel in lieu of a blogging platform.
  - Jaruzel 4y ago
    To be honest, it would be trivial to wire up a Telegram Bot to read posts that you send it, and to re-post them on a web based blog platform.
- pqs 4y ago
  I sometimes have used telegra.ph for longish posts, but this is a microblog, so short notes with no title and just one, two or three small paragraphs of text. I sometimes share Evernote notes, exactly in the same way one would use telegra.ph.
  - thekoma 4y ago
    Am I a blogger yet? https://telegra.ph/What-is-this-07-04-3 https://telegra.ph/What-is-this-07-04-3
- theshrike79 4y ago
  Basically it's just a Telegram channel where only you can post content on. I followed a friend's semester abroad in Japan through one and it was pretty good. A bunch of OnlyFans creators have set up a Telegram channel to notify about new content etc.
unraveller 4y ago
rsshub speaks telegram/twitter/more https://rsshub.app/telegram/channel/programmerjokes https://rsshub.app/telegram/channel/programmerjokes

by pqs 4y ago

asim 4y ago

Thanks for sharing. Did not know Telegram had a blogging platform. Assuming it's this https://telegra.ph https://telegra.ph. Is there an integration inside telegram for publishing?

chaosite 4y ago
I don't think that's it? I think they're just using a channel, as described. You got to squint a bit until you recognize it as a blogging platform, but all the functionality is technically there.
blooalien 4y ago
Actually, while that is indeed a service of Telegram last I checked, I don't believe that's what asim was talking about. Pretty sure they're using a Telegram channel in lieu of a blogging platform.
- Jaruzel 4y ago
  To be honest, it would be trivial to wire up a Telegram Bot to read posts that you send it, and to re-post them on a web based blog platform.
pqs 4y ago
I sometimes have used telegra.ph for longish posts, but this is a microblog, so short notes with no title and just one, two or three small paragraphs of text. I sometimes share Evernote notes, exactly in the same way one would use telegra.ph.
- thekoma 4y ago
  Am I a blogger yet? https://telegra.ph/What-is-this-07-04-3 https://telegra.ph/What-is-this-07-04-3
theshrike79 4y ago
Basically it's just a Telegram channel where only you can post content on. I followed a friend's semester abroad in Japan through one and it was pretty good. A bunch of OnlyFans creators have set up a Telegram channel to notify about new content etc.

unraveller 4y ago

rsshub speaks telegram/twitter/more https://rsshub.app/telegram/channel/programmerjokes https://rsshub.app/telegram/channel/programmerjokes