I guess it depends on the context of when you started using it. In my case, I think crypto is dumb, and in fact didn't know it was associated with that. Sure, I do get the random spam groups about crypto schemes, but that was *after* I signed up on Telegram, and not a primary feature that drew me to the platform as you suggest.
Honestly, I just didn't like that Facebook bought WhatsApp and back in the day (10-ish years ago) I was trying hard to get away from the FB and Google tentacles as much as possible. Fast forward to now, where I don't really care / defeated about losing the privacy war lol
Just came here to say that Telegram is just where I have my various family group texts and some friend groups, even a group chat that is exclusively for posting cute photos of your pets.
I'm sure it's a cesspool, won't debate that notion. However in my limited experience with WhatsApp, it is also full of scammers and I'm pretty sure I've seen a giant crypto group or two. Perhaps they get squashed faster than they do on Telegram though, and that's probably the big point here.
Content moderation is not a purity test, but a half-life measurement: when (not if) something bad lands on a platform, what is its average half-life on that platform?
I guess it depends on the context of when you started using it. In my case, I think crypto is dumb, and in fact didn't know it was associated with that. Sure, I do get the random spam groups about crypto schemes, but that was *after* I signed up on Telegram, and not a primary feature that drew me to the platform as you suggest.
Honestly, I just didn't like that Facebook bought WhatsApp and back in the day (10-ish years ago) I was trying hard to get away from the FB and Google tentacles as much as possible. Fast forward to now, where I don't really care / defeated about losing the privacy war lol
Just came here to say that Telegram is just where I have my various family group texts and some friend groups, even a group chat that is exclusively for posting cute photos of your pets.
I'm sure it's a cesspool, won't debate that notion. However in my limited experience with WhatsApp, it is also full of scammers and I'm pretty sure I've seen a giant crypto group or two. Perhaps they get squashed faster than they do on Telegram though, and that's probably the big point here.
Content moderation is not a purity test, but a half-life measurement: when (not if) something bad lands on a platform, what is its average half-life on that platform?