That WhatsApp vs Telegram user comparison is interesting... nearly everyone in my social group uses Telegram, I don't think I've ever even installed WhatsApp. I know WhatsApp has significantly more users worldwide, but for whatever reason my tribe has chosen Telegram.
Whereabouts are you based? I'm UK - I think WhatsApp benefitted from a significant foothold before Telegram came along. Hard to disrupt that now.
Which is strange because as your tribe expands they'll interact with WhatsApp users. I bet you will eventually all use whatsapp.
Re:Spaces, a tool for small group sharing
by reitanqild on Monday May 16, 2016 @06:17PM
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I use both.
They are both great and with modern smartphones having both installed is no problem.
Whatsapp is a bit more secure by default it seems and Telegram keeps adding and improving features monthly it seems.
I love both of them and have my inlaws on T and my stubborn family on W.
Except everyone uses WhatsApp, because it doesn't have all that stuff - it's just simple. And everyone else is on it. Case in point - Telegram is kinda nice. Has some good features, and it's pretty simple. But I probably wouldn't have it installed, if it wasn't for the one group I need to use it with. Literally everyone else I converse with daily with through WhatsApp. My friends, my colleagues, my relatives, my parents.
Trying to persuade anyone to try something new is hard. Trying to get my parents to use something new, and then trying to explain how to set up an account, what this does, what that does - just not going to happen. Especially if everyone else is using something else.
But good luck to Google, I look forward to giving it a try :-)