Telegram is just actually superior in terms of features I don’t get it.

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    I don’t understand the love for Telegram.

    In the short period of using it I had so much BS come through by scammers/spammers - both as DMs and group messages. I’ve rarely had that with WhatsApp.

    In my eyes WhatsApp is far better than Telegram. And Signal is far greater than WhatsApp. The only thing I wish Signal had was inbuilt GIFs; it’s not that much of an issue on mobile but it’s a pain on desktop.

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      Telegram is awful with spam. I’m constantly getting sent links to Telegram groups for Russian porn models who all pretend to be underage and spamming their Boosty links. I feel like it’s probably part of some scam to bait people into buying something illegal and then blackmail them later. I don’t keep it installed anymore because I don’t need that sort of incriminating shit on my devices.

      I’d delete my account, but I have a couple people who only use Telegram, but I’m getting close to cutting them off over it unless they switch to something else. I’ve reported this to Telegram numerous times, but these accounts keep popping up and keep managing to reach me.

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      Telegram is more user friendly than Whatsapp, it’s clients are open source and has a decent desktop app.

      It’s way better than Zuck’s trash.

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      I’ve had way more scam calls, groups and texts on whatsapp than on Telegram.

      So I definitely don’t understand why anyone would like whatsapp.

      With Telegram you can easily limit any communication requests to only come from your list of contacts while that is impossible with WA. The only way you can get out of getting scam calls is by turning on “mute unknown calls” and “limit groups to contacts” but the calls will still pop up and you will still get chat requests so you will have to block and delete each one of them manually.

      Instead of just limiting all communication to your contacts like on telegram.

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          No in whatsapp you can’t limit requests to only your contacts. It’s only with groups. I’ve checked and googled.

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            Isn’t it the same in Telegram? Interestingly, in Telegram it looks like everyone can send you a voice message unless you pay Telegram money to unlock the ability to restrict it.

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              In telegram you can restrict people from calling you completely. WA doesn’t have that function.

              And yes it sucks that VMs on telegram is behind a paywall but at least the restriction exists unlike WA.

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                Interestingly they don’t appear to advertise it at all as a perk on the premium purchasing page.

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      How? I’ve been a heavy telegram user for more than 8 years now. Not a single time I have unwillingly been added to a group I had no interest in or been messaged with any scam message.

      I know of privacy settings that limit these, but I have none of them turned on, because I have some people that might add me to important groups.

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      That’s interesting I never had that experience with telegram. It’s been cust as “clean” as Whatsapp for me

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        There’s no ‘love’ for Meta, most people don’t think in those terms. It’s just that their platforms are in heavy use in many countries and you tend to use the method most common to people in your circle.

        My older friends and family use Messenger and SMS, my similarly aged peers use WhatsApp, and my work colleagues use Signal. So I correspond across all these. I know the benefits and pitfalls of each but I can’t influence the established communication choices of others. The only people i know who use Telegram are racist nutjobs.

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        I didn’t enable anything. One would assume the default settings should offer a good level of protection to the users.

        Interestingly I haven’t had a single spammer/scammer annoy me on Signal. I’m not sure if there are any of these settings in Signal?