• @[email protected]
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    1 year ago

    Germany uses Whatsapp and Signal. Whatsapp for the older generation, Signal for the younger ones. But almost everyone has both. Telegram is a niche messenger for conspiracy theorists and alt-righters, because it’s russian and those people love Russia.

        • @woelkchen
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          11 year ago

          in Germany its only used by them.

          Factually wrong.

    • @woelkchen
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      51 year ago

      Telegram is a niche messenger for conspiracy theorists and alt-righters, because it’s russian and those people love Russia.

      Telegram is a nice messenger with good usability and funny stickers. The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to authorities willy nilly, so it’s popular among privacy-minded people of all political affiliations.

      FTFY

      • @[email protected]
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        11 year ago

        ‘The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to western authorities willy nilly’ FTFY

        • @woelkchen
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          11 year ago

          ‘The provider also doesn’t hand out user data to western authorities willy nilly’ FTFY

          Yes, all governments including western ones. Telegram was founded by Russian people who oppose Putin.

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      1 year ago

      i live in germany and to me telegram doesn’t feel niche at all.

      a lot of younger people use it a bit like discord, like for group stuff. organizing (like e.g. political activism), finding apartents in berlin, and yes, getting drugs as well. also some worklplaces use it (which i think is terrible). it is also preferred by a lot of people to communicate via telegram over signal or whatsapp in situations where people don’t want to give away their number, like online dating.