The role of Telegram in the Hong Kong protests as an amplifier is very interesting! At least four things about it are useful to decentralized protesters - the ability to have very large groups, a good UI, disappearing messages, and the poll-within-group feature.
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Telegram secret chats (which disappear from the device) are also a big deal because people don't want to get their friends in trouble if the police make them unlock a phone. Having the ephemeral 1:1 chat in the same app as the giant groups and polls seems like a useful combo.
3:53 PM - 12 Aug 2019
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