[sofixa]

The difference is tiny as long as you stay on similarly featured apps. I thought the same, but after trying Telegram i disagree.

* editing messages

* pinning messages

* small things like polls ( great for group chats ) and location sharing

* great API and bot framework ( awesome for public chats, and it can also be integrated for personal use ( e.g. i get a Telegram notification when someone enters home, and when my blog or VPN are down)

[cl3misch]

While the UX may not be as polished, you can conduct polls in Signal via the emoji reactions to messages. You could simply count the number of "thumbs up" vs. "thumbs down" reactions.

[brylie]

That's a really clever approach to polls. I appreciate that Signal has emoji reactions for this and other purposes.

[newscracker]

Telegram is leagues ahead of the rest in features and user experience. Leaving side its default chat storage (in plain text on its servers), I’ve seen that it’s the best choice to recommend to people and not have them complain about the platform. That it also hides phone numbers by default is a nice thing.

[brylie]

I hope Signal implements live location sharing, as it is quite useful when meeting up with friends. For anyone else interested in this feature, please show your support here:

https://community.signalusers.org/t/live-location-sharing/25...