Telegram is a bit of a slum.
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Ok very slummy. Lots of fake accounts, degen channels, phishing, social engineering…
I used it briefly in 2019, then dropped it. Signal is the cleanest so far.
WhatsApp is inbetween. Degenerate but friends and family defend.
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afaiu, Whatsapp was developed as a cross-platform (yet mobile focused) alternative to sms, icq and ios messages
and it stayed this way
(still no adding contacts from desktop for example)
while Telegram is steadily turning into a platform with a thriving ecosystem
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