Telegram is more popular than KDE. Sometimes you just need to be where people are. You could argue the same thing about their Facebook Page, Twitter, LinkedIn,

Telegram is more popular than KDE. Sometimes you just need to be where people are. You could argue the same thing about their Facebook Page, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, YouTube, VK and Instagram. There's a reason that some FOSS projects succeed whilst others fail. They live and die by their communities.