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Search on Telegram is more powerful than in other messaging apps because it allows users to find public channels and bots. Unfortunately, this feature has been abused by people who violated our Terms of Service to sell illegal goods.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (13 children)

All completely irrelevant to most people. Nobody they know is on those platforms.

There are only two alternatives to the Big Tech messengers that are anywhere near critical mass: Signal and the shady one we're talking about here.

Though I would love Matrix to go mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Nobody they know is on those platforms.

Nobody is on Signal either.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I actually had notifications of many non-technical friends getting onto signal. It gained significant traction I think?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Compared to Telegram's 1-billion user base, it's still a roundoff error.

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