Renato Ramonda I suppose not, but you can also have channels, media sharing, voice and video chat. It's what I use the most, and it has added a lot of features over the past couple years.
Oh, I know, it's my main chat app. I just would never ever use it to share medium/long format content, and for media/link sharing it's far too noisy past the 10 people... so for me (obviously) very much not even in the same category.
I'm not telling people not to use Telegram if it fits their usage pattern, definitely :)
John Lewis As I recall, there were (are?) two different versions, one standard, and one with more native desktop integration. Probably some third-party clients, too. Can't remember which worked better for me at the time.
I'm a pretty heavy Telegram user, but I don't think it really meets the same use case. The telegra.ph part might allow somewhat for long form content, but I don't think it is nearly enough. telegra.ph - Telegraph
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It's a group chat. At least for me, very much not the same use-case as g+
ReplyDeletehttps://t.me/ephzero If you message me, tell me where you found this -- I don't answer random messages from strangers.
ReplyDeleteRenato Ramonda I suppose not, but you can also have channels, media sharing, voice and video chat. It's what I use the most, and it has added a lot of features over the past couple years.
ReplyDeleteOh, I know, it's my main chat app. I just would never ever use it to share medium/long format content, and for media/link sharing it's far too noisy past the 10 people... so for me (obviously) very much not even in the same category.
ReplyDeleteI'm not telling people not to use Telegram if it fits their usage pattern, definitely :)
Renato Ramonda There's also Telegra.ph, which would be better for long-format content, but I've never really found a use for it.
ReplyDeleteI was told of an alternative to telegram that is better. I will get that info to be sure we have it in the list.
ReplyDeleteI've used Telegram but it was a pain to install in a Mac Desktop.
ReplyDeleteJohn Lewis As I recall, there were (are?) two different versions, one standard, and one with more native desktop integration. Probably some third-party clients, too. Can't remember which worked better for me at the time.
ReplyDeleteEph Zero IIRC, there was some weird thing I had to install by command line. Wasn't easy... but it's a great platform.
ReplyDeleteJohn Lewis Huh...that I don't remember! But I have used CLI clients for it, and someone recently created a client within Emacs.
ReplyDeleteI'm a pretty heavy Telegram user, but I don't think it really meets the same use case. The telegra.ph part might allow somewhat for long form content, but I don't think it is nearly enough.
ReplyDeletetelegra.ph - Telegraph