Telegram chat program - and so much more
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@scottalanmiller said:
@dafyre said:
This seems to be more of a chat for people who already know one another through other means.
As opposed to ChatRoulette
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@Dashrender said:
OK one kinda draw back... looks like you can only add contacts based on phone numbers..
so is this just a ponzi scheme to get phone numbers?The Japanese messaging app Line required a phone number to setup similar to Telegram. But that system did create a unique "Line ID" that you could then use to add friends and such. Line has since expanded to allow accounts to be create with a FB authenticated login. I found that useful when I wanted to create Line accounts for my daughters to chat with their friends in Japan that had Line. Because my daughters did not have phone numbers yet.
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I'm going to try to move my family over to this. I'm tired of our Hangouts/Facebook Messenger mess
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It really isn't that bad. I think I like it better than Hangouts in some respects.
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Tinkered with Telegram today. It is a pretty nice app.
The security features are quite nice and the Secret Chat feature is very interesting.
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Found some of you
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I think it will be awesome for group chats. I have a group for both of our families and I'm trying to get everyone on it. That way planning is easier, and I hate group sms/mms stuff.
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@johnhooks said:
I think it will be awesome for group chats. I have a group for both of our families and I'm trying to get everyone on it. That way planning is easier, and I hate group sms/mms stuff.
Me too, but I can't imagine talking the family into using anything different.
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Okay, I'm on it. Works great on the Linux Mint desktop.
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They have a Chrome app also. I installed it in Linux on my chromebook, and then my wife pointed out she just installed the chrome app.
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@johnhooks said:
They have a Chrome app also. I installed it in Linux on my chromebook, and then my wife pointed out she just installed the chrome app.
Yeah, that's important. Without a ChromeApp, it would be pretty weak.
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The problem is, the people I want to talk to are either on skype or hangouts or facebook messenger.
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Maybe I'll have to convert people to the light side. It looks really good.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
The problem is, the people I want to talk to are either on skype or hangouts or facebook messenger.
And some do not have phone numbers, making this difficult. This doesn't allow for anonymous accounts, which a lot of people use.
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The one thing I do not like is that it is very disorganized. For a company to use it, it would be cumbersome. There isn't any central user management. I don't like things tied to phone numbers. Device-centricity is very 1980s. It's going after WhatsApp and SMS replacement, which is good, but those things are inherently bad. So it's filling a niche that I don't feel needs filled.
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If it could be used with email addresses, that would work nicely.
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@Breffni-Potter said:
If it could be used with email addresses, that would work nicely.
Could be. That would be nice.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Breffni-Potter said:
The problem is, the people I want to talk to are either on skype or hangouts or facebook messenger.
And some do not have phone numbers, making this difficult. This doesn't allow for anonymous accounts, which a lot of people use.
yeah this is a major draw back at the moment.
Though the phone devices (at least the mobile apps) are the only ones where you can have secure chats. -
it's not actually tied to a device - you just have to use a phone number to get thing started.
If you don't have a SMS enabled phone number, it will call you with the access code so you can register.
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@Dashrender said:
it's not actually tied to a device - you just have to use a phone number to get thing started.
That's tied to a device. If I have no phone, let me know how I get started. If you don't have a means of doing it without a phone number, it's 100% tied to a device. And does someone who gets my phone number down the road get access to my identity?
