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February 21, 2024, 04:17:48 AM
#43
Telegram is a great messaging app. It offers a secure & private messaging experience with end to end encryption ensuring the privacy of user data, a huge positive for most of us. It provides various features like group chats, voice & video calls, file sharing & a wide range of customisable options. I like the fact that it has such a clean, user friendly interface & reliable performance. Telegram probably along with Whatsapp are considered the most popular and reliable messaging apps. I use it for work & socially.
Telegram is way more than that. Why do you think crypto bots works effectively there and not whstapp? Their API is genius
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February 03, 2024, 06:07:45 PM
#42
Telegram is a great messaging app. It offers a secure & private messaging experience with end to end encryption ensuring the privacy of user data, a huge positive for most of us. It provides various features like group chats, voice & video calls, file sharing & a wide range of customisable options. I like the fact that it has such a clean, user friendly interface & reliable performance. Telegram probably along with Whatsapp are considered the most popular and reliable messaging apps. I use it for work & socially.
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January 29, 2024, 09:01:47 AM
#41
It has a backdoor, I can't find the article right now but someone proved that Telegram has given access to 3rd parties.
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January 26, 2024, 09:46:14 AM
#40
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!

Telegram is very secure  I use it and I discovered they are very strict to their rules, although it depends on what the person want as for me telegram I found alot of Vita information, though there are some spaning that take place that can't be totally eradicated, this occurred generally in all social media.
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December 22, 2023, 11:19:25 AM
#39

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1. Telegram Chats Aren't End-to-End Encrypted by Default

5. Your Friends Might Not Use It
6. Ads and a Subscription Plan


Both points are useless.
Whatsapp has ads, Signal uses ads, Skype uses ads. And all your might not use those aps.
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December 22, 2023, 09:43:26 AM
#38
I think for beginners telegram is place that beginners can be easily scammed if time is not taking. Scsm activities are very common in telegram people just needs to be careful in telegram knowing that nothings is free. In telegram people will always want to prove that with them you make good profit in cryptocurrency and this is what some crypto beginners are looking for .do join telegram and think you can just benefit from meeting a stranger.
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November 19, 2023, 02:47:05 PM
#37
I don't really trust any social media information any longer and including telegram channel or group chat were people come together to interact because you can be easily be fraud from all this social hangout, after reading the write up of yours i notice that social media quick make someone famouy as  we are talking here, i prefer Twitter over any social media platforms

As without these Social Media I can't think life would be easy because if we didn't use WhatsApp how could even we interact with our relatives. I someone say we can talk by Mobile then how could we share a pictures of some some video through mobile numbers.

Another example is if we didn't use the Telegram app, as well all know most of the project marketing are now through the Telegram app. Previously there was not too much usage of Telegram but now a days after the start of the Telegram app mostly users do marketing through the telegram as someone wants to grow their community or someone wants to make their community etc. So, all these social Media have some use as its own place.
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November 18, 2023, 04:03:10 PM
#36
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!

There is a good security because the number we have provided in the Telegram just we can enter through the number until we gave our number to any other.

The most I dislike in the telegram is that there are too many spam messages people are sending me and the way the are sending links one by one and some scammers are even applying for the marketing and just collecting information.

This thing mostly ruins my days and I don't want to open it even sometimes due to these spam messages which are on the top my chat and I had tried to find it not received but unfortunately I didn't find a way.
legendary
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November 17, 2023, 11:59:56 PM
#35

chat in telegram is public. we can see it all unless its pms afaik.and its not organized as discord where you can find particular discussions. if it weren't for those oinned messages, you'd be lost.

if you mean trusting telegram, i dont think you can fullly trust whoever created TG. you cant even trust Tor since it was onced used by the military. telegram require phone numbers which means you are already seen.
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November 17, 2023, 11:44:26 PM
#34
Any piece of information can be extracted from any social media platform or chat applications like telegram, all you have to do is just to verify if the information is from a reliabel source. I don't actually throw away every information I get from any platform until I have verified it as false from authentic sources.

Do not hope to get informations from telegram alone and run with it. Loads of people exists in groups, its a mixed multitude, no one can vouch for what happens in there so be extremely careful while you're there
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August 06, 2023, 03:06:53 AM
#33
I use Telegram too, I certainly prefer it to other solutions (WA from Meta) but I continue to use everything because many of my friends continue to use WA.
If there are other better solutions, surely yes, but they are little used, so I should have 100 IM, also no thanks.

Same situation brother. Nobody cares if their information got stolen. I think nobody even knows their information even got stolen. Although telegram is not 100% privacy protected. It is far better then meta related apps. They surely steals our data. I have seen these many times.

One thing I don't like about telegram is that it can be hacked. If you are a normal user you can easily get hacked via many exploits like malicious bots.

One time one of my friend fell victim to it. He couldn't access his account even though he had the number he registered with. The scammer would join various scam groups and mass texts other persons. They even dared to text the main user. Even threatened to hack the second account. Later we were able to recover the account but the harm was already done. It got blocked for scam activity, we couldn't text or join any group, the account got Scam tag. The account was completely useless.

Telegram is a vast platform. And it is filled with scammers. Although it is very resourceful platform. We can get our hands on anything. Still I would limit my usages. For family and stuff I use Whatsapp and for anonymity I use Telegram. I have to I have no other choice because even if I knew the disadvantages my friends and family doesn't. 
jr. member
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July 29, 2023, 12:44:58 AM
#32
I very rarely use Telegram. I know lots of people like it, but here are my biggest complaints...

1) Chats move way too fast once the groups get active. I know things get hectic when you've got 50,000 people all in one chat room. But leaving my computer for 15 minutes and having to scroll back through 200+ messages when I get back is just ridiculous..
2) I don't like the phone number requirement. Assign me a number if you want, but I do much more from the desktop than I do from mobile, and I don't like having to signup to a website using a mobile number..
3) I hate that people can just add me to groups. I'll be offer Telegram for like a month and open it up and suddenly I was added to like 3 groups I don't want to be in.

Those are the main reasons I almost never use Telegram. Kinda sucks because there are lots of crypto-related groups on there!


Hey, here is quick solutions for you

If you don't want to be added to group by other members you can done it by settings.

Also you can add time gap for messages using a bot like Rose. I usually set a time gap between users message 5 mins. Otherwise my 32K members group will be headache for me  Roll Eyes
legendary
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May 24, 2023, 07:51:58 PM
#31
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!

A jungle and a den of scoundrels ready to steal your money, then clearly there are also many other positive aspects, but you have to be very careful
jr. member
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April 12, 2023, 11:56:44 AM
#30
For me, Telegram is a place where I can find a lot of important information on any subject.
First, I started using TG to talk to people about crypto. But later I discovered that there are a lot of interesting groups, such as travelers, food lovers, et cetera.
So literally, there is everything you need, and you can communicate with people from around the world.
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March 12, 2023, 12:41:43 PM
#29
Telegram and WhatsAup almost have the same functions. But Telegram can contain more participants in groups. I rarely use this application. But I think it is a secured social media platform.
It is rumored that whatsap has a back door for its Government and the most insecure chatting platform. Telegram has its defect especially from group chat, where anyone can pick your contacts,cloud storage of ones information on someone else's server and  is also vulnerable to malware that could compromise the security of your device or steal your data. However, Telegram uses end-to-end encryption for messages and calls,  "Secret Chat" feature that uses end-to-end encryption and allows users to set a self-destruct timer for messages, supports two-factor authentication and its code is open source, which means that anyone can review it.
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March 12, 2023, 12:16:02 PM
#28
I use Telegram but I don't like it much because we need to input our phone number.

I think you can use telgram without phone number. It won't help your credibility though.
People who contact me without phone number have a limited time to show their number or get kicked.
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March 10, 2023, 06:11:09 PM
#27
It's the same case with me. I'm often added to groups I'm not a member.Yes, there are a large number of scammers. Often, fake ones with the same or similar name are created from the basic group.And on the other hand, it is very easy to use and the conversation is quick, you can see the notifications.In any case, you should be careful.
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March 08, 2023, 03:41:33 PM
#26
My opinion on telegram is that you should be careful about it. When I open telegram, I did not join many of the groups that I have found myself to be in when I return back to the application and most of them are about cryptocurrency investment, trading signals etc. Most of them have bad plans for you to scam someone who does not suspect it like I have noticed from the nature of messages that they exchange there. You can just tell that it is from one or a few persons. There are also some good beneficial groups, but they have been outnumbered by the bad ones, so you have to be extra careful.
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March 08, 2023, 02:23:42 AM
#25
If you plan to use telegram apps on mobile or desktop, there is nothing stopping you because it is your freedom to do so. I just want to ask, what are you planning?

    For me, this telegram is a place where other groups of scammers come together and create other communities and most of them are also pretenders. So be careful anyway.

Then I also found a reason why you shouldn't use Telegram:

Quote
1. Telegram Chats Aren't End-to-End Encrypted by Default
2. Telegram Collects Your Contact Data
3. No Individual Read Receipts in Group Chats
4. Telegram Has Limited Support
5. Your Friends Might Not Use It
6. Ads and a Subscription Plan
7. Miscellaneous Telegram Concerns

source : https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-stop-using-telegram/
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March 06, 2023, 05:20:21 PM
#24
Telegram is great for me, it's true that there are scammers-make fake group, but they are detected quickly, you can always report spam or block. It's easy to use and always available, PC, phone.Good stuff.
legendary
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February 20, 2023, 08:43:50 AM
#23
I use Telegram too, I certainly prefer it to other solutions (WA from Meta) but I continue to use everything because many of my friends continue to use WA.
If there are other better solutions, surely yes, but they are little used, so I should have 100 IM, also no thanks.
legendary
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February 17, 2023, 04:55:45 AM
#22
I am using Telegram, but I do not trust believe that they are really supportive of "free speech" (The Telegram founder is best friends with oppressive state leaders  Roll Eyes)

And you must be very careful because there are so many scammers on TG.

Sometimes people are impersonating your best friends with their pic and bio and using the letter I (capital i) instead of l (lower case L) in their name - looks exactly the same in the Telegram client.

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January 17, 2023, 09:38:14 AM
#21
My opinion is always good for telegram. It’s the best instant messaging platform, that allows users to send multimedia text & make voice and vedio calls. I personally use it.
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July 18, 2022, 06:24:57 AM
#20
I use Telegram but I don't like it much because we need to input our phone number. That is, to me, a big down factor. However, I use it because it's there were most of my Bitcoiner friends are. I even use Signal which seems a bit better in terms of privacy and/or security but it also forces us to enter a phone number.
I tried Session once because it didn't request a phone number, rather an user ID was assigned to you but I quite because they had a shitcoin backing their business model and I don't want to be part of shitcoins.

There is also Matrix which is similar to Session but no tokens in the background. However, it seems to me not so user-friendly like other apps!
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June 22, 2022, 01:07:56 PM
#19
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!
I like Telegram but I am considering moving to open chat on the internet computer. I plan on moving to fully decentralized platforms in the future. That includes banking and email too.
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June 01, 2022, 02:21:07 AM
#18
I’ve expressed how I feel about Telegram before but all I can do is emphasize to others to be careful because I actually got scammed a while back. On the other hand, it can be a very useful tool and it’s great for chatting with some of my friends so I’m not against it.
I think a lot of these platforms can be used for good or bad so I don’t judge Telegram for what happened to me. I guess I was a little too trusting some years back and I’ve learned my lesson. I know some people get hung up on blaming the platform but for me it’s easier to just take responsibility.
I completely acknowledge that I was probably a bit naïve when I was younger and I needed to vet who I was dealing with better.
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May 29, 2022, 02:31:10 PM
#17
Telegram and WhatsAup almost have the same functions. But Telegram can contain more participants in groups. I rarely use this application. But I think it is a secured social media platform.
I think telegram has more features than Whatsapp and can also stay independently which makes it a better app than the data consuming Facebook which is linked to Whatsapp. Telegram's issue is that it lacks a bit of privacy as although the messages are encrypted, they are only encrypted in transit from your device to the telegram's servers.
 Telegram can also back up your messages for at least 12 months. I just started using the app but took the liberty of checking.
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May 26, 2022, 07:38:20 AM
#16
I'm not sure how secure and privacy-friendly the app really is(I doubt it's as long as it's centralized)... what makes me prefer it than whatapp is that your phone number is not exposed to people, and I actually like its "Folder" feature. I also like that the company was interested in building a decentralized telegram, and cryptocurrency communities tend to prefer it to other alternatives.

I hope the company makes it possible for users to download their data like whatapp do/did. That is a very important feature I think is needed. Users should be allowed to own their data rather than leaving it all in data centers of centralized companies.
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May 09, 2022, 06:39:15 PM
#15
Telegram is a good social media platform that is very easy going reliable and safe. Telegram is a place where old contacts can be find even if it is no longer on the device. It is alo a place where pictures and videos can be saved for future use.  Telegram has so many good feature.
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May 08, 2022, 01:59:43 AM
#14
Telegram like any other app out there has its pros and cons.
In my opinion, Telegram is as good as WhatsApp, some would argue it's better. The features found on WhatsApp are also found on Telegram. Audio and video calls, group chats. Telegram goes a step further by having a secret conversation feature. I personally do not have a preference as I think Telegram is just as good(maybe better) compared to WhatsApp. You could now via a bot buy and transfer toncoin to users on the app through the app while having the option to only buy bitcoin. The bot seems safe as it has a blue verification tick. These are cool features WhatsApp doesn't have.

Generally we should be careful and skeptical on what we download, clicking on strange links, and our interaction with people on the internet space
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April 05, 2022, 02:23:13 PM
#13
Most people I communicate with use Telegram. So it's useful on the basis of network effects. But I fundamentally do not like Telegram or a lot of the nonsense that has been propping up lately like Brazil banning TG or Germany banning groups.

I wish that people would start using apps that had long term legs, for example Element. Unfortunately, people don't get rich by downloading Element the same way they do by investing in Bitcoin so the user acquisition is a bit more difficult.

People may see the light later though if these shitty centralized platforms continue to get shittier.
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March 05, 2022, 06:00:10 PM
#12
What I meant is Telegram functionality, and ultimately the honesty (or lack thereof) of the people behind it.
Of course, ultimately,  any social media platform will be as reliable as the people you interact with. What I want to know is if people I DON'T interact with (like Zuckerberg on Facebook, for example) will be covertly taking measures that may be against my interests.
What did you call it, social media, we have different branches of social media, Facebook is a social media, reddit is a social media, telegram is a social media, Whatsapp is a social media, LinkedIn is a social media, hangout is a social media, so having people who is against you is people have as your friends so against your interest is from people you know
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March 03, 2022, 08:46:46 PM
#11
It's an interesting platform.

You can make interactive stuff there with bots, it can be useful for communicating with a group of people.

It seems to be very popular with many alts, and also open source projects. Blixt wallet for example has a Telegram group chat where you can talk directly with the main developer. It's things like this that make telegram very useful.
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February 28, 2022, 06:21:36 PM
#10
Telegram and WhatsAup almost have the same functions. But Telegram can contain more participants in groups. I rarely use this application. But I think it is a secured social media platform.

It seems WhatsApp has more features like video call, but Telegram is still okay and has good features too. Telegram accommodate huge number of contacts in Telegram group, in Telegram medias such as pictures can also be saved there. Telegram is security is good not easily hacked.
legendary
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February 24, 2022, 07:26:57 AM
#9
Perhaps we are not yet aware of the fact that there is no privacy on the internet, or rather not completely protected, you can try to dissuade any attacks by protecting yourself in the best way, but you can never be 100% protected, telegram is a valid alternative to whatsapp, but you must always be very careful about what you share and what you download. The telegram functions and the right settings allow "safe" use
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February 20, 2022, 10:21:32 AM
#8
Telegram and WhatsAup almost have the same functions. But Telegram can contain more participants in groups. I rarely use this application. But I think it is a secured social media platform.
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January 31, 2022, 12:43:40 PM
#7
I really like Telegram. It strikes a nice in-between ground for me. It is easy enough to use and I believe it keeps my data safe enough. Definitely better than some popular alternatives out there (looking at you Messenger). I would not use it for super-sensitive conversations, though
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January 07, 2022, 11:15:25 AM
#6
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!

It's a terribly centralized service (as many are) and is not the privacy titan they assume themselves to be. They do, however, supply you will a few tools to enhance your privacy. Obviously, these features are not active by default which raises its own concerns.

If you want to chat via encryption, you have to activate secret chat with the person you are messaging in order to generate keys. If you do not activate this, your messages will only have TLS encryption which telegram can readily read. Telegram also gives you the option to connect to a proxy such as a Tor proxy which can rout your messaging traffic over Tor. Again, this is not a default setting so it will require the user to activate.

Overall, it's an okay service. If you use it the way it's supposed to be used, you can achieve a degree of privacy. Anonymity, however, will not be achieved.
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December 31, 2021, 06:01:29 AM
#5
I very rarely use Telegram. I know lots of people like it, but here are my biggest complaints...

1) Chats move way too fast once the groups get active. I know things get hectic when you've got 50,000 people all in one chat room. But leaving my computer for 15 minutes and having to scroll back through 200+ messages when I get back is just ridiculous..
2) I don't like the phone number requirement. Assign me a number if you want, but I do much more from the desktop than I do from mobile, and I don't like having to signup to a website using a mobile number..
3) I hate that people can just add me to groups. I'll be offer Telegram for like a month and open it up and suddenly I was added to like 3 groups I don't want to be in.

Those are the main reasons I almost never use Telegram. Kinda sucks because there are lots of crypto-related groups on there!
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December 28, 2021, 04:14:39 AM
#4

Just to add... actually telegram is still mysterious their business plan is not clear. How are they making money or profit?

Very Important:
Telegram app kay through virus aa saktha hay app kay mobile aur computer mein jis c app ka sara funds khali ho saktha hay by te hackers. AIs liey abi kay liey zaroori hay ha k jo bhi log telegram use kertay hein woh telegram mein automatic download media option disable ker lein.

Steps:
->Go to Telegram Settings
->Then go to Data & Storage
-> Here disable Automatic Media download for all the catagories



https://twitter.com/officer_cia/status/1474724675930447875

Original report https://cisomag.eccouncil.org/echelon-malware-posted-on-cryptocurrency-trading-telegram-channel-targets-crypto-wallets/
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December 23, 2021, 11:58:49 AM
#3
What I meant is Telegram functionality, and ultimately the honesty (or lack thereof) of the people behind it.
Of course, ultimately,  any social media platform will be as reliable as the people you interact with. What I want to know is if people I DON'T interact with (like Zuckerberg on Facebook, for example) will be covertly taking measures that may be against my interests.
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December 18, 2021, 06:43:18 PM
#2
I don't really trust any social media information any longer and including telegram channel or group chat were people come together to interact because you can be easily be fraud from all this social hangout, after reading the write up of yours i notice that social media quick make someone famouy as  we are talking here, i prefer Twitter over any social media platforms
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December 13, 2021, 12:40:20 PM
#1
Ok, so I've been reading the Telegram FAQ's, and, of course, everything is perfect, and Telegram is the best thing to ever happen to the Internet. And, of course, I don't trust that kind of marketing BS.
So I'm looking for opinions from actual users, and/or people knowing better than me (doesn't take much), or anybody who feels they can add something.

What interests me is security, privacy, and the absence (hopefully) of all the stuff that has made Mark Zuckerberg "sadly famous" as of late.

So... GO!
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