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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by vbezhenar on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:23AM (#40341932)
I don't know a single person who doesn't use Telegram.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by umanwizard on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:24AM (#40341953)
What country do you live in?
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by nexoft on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:41AM (#40342114)
Same In the EU, no ones that's legit uses Telegram, except scammers that you can run into in local "graigslist" website.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by hifromwork on Monday May 13, 2024 @09:13AM (#40342967)
"Same in the EU" - but you're actually make an opposite statement than the GP (GP said "everyone i know uses telegram" and you said "nobody uses telegram")
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by nexoft on Monday May 13, 2024 @10:13AM (#40343633)
indeed you are right, I did read the opposite for some reason.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by vbezhenar on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:28AM (#40341990)
Kazakhstan.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by umanwizard on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:47AM (#40342165)
That makes sense, AFAIK Telegram is most popular in the post-Soviet countries.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by baq on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:56AM (#40342256)
That in itself is a red flag. Things don't 'just happen' in those places. Don't ask me how I know.
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Re:Telegram has launched a pretty intense campaign to malign... by baq on Monday May 13, 2024 @07:53AM (#40342237)
I don't know a single person who does.

Yeah, plenty have accounts, but nobody uses it to actually chat.

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