[Normille]

  >Personally I run into interesting things all the time, and it seems great to be able to have a place to store them so I don’t forget about them. 

>I use several different kinds of apps for that already. Google, Pocket, a note-taking app, a list app. Heck, Anki fits the description as well.

I've found an unexpected use case here for Telegram. I have Telegram open all the time in the background on all my computers and mobile devices. It has a 'Saved Messages' feature, which shows up in your contacts list like another conversation. Whenever I come across 'stuff' [or is 'shit' the cool word?] I want to remember it's really easy to just copy a link... or image/video URL... or some text I'm interested in... or scribble down an idea I've had and send/share it to 'Saved Messages' in Telegram.

Then, when I've got time to catch up and digest. I just open the 'Saved Messages' conversation in Telegram and there's all my stuff... er... 'shit' including; web previews, photos, embedded videos, etc. And it's there, instantly synced across all my devices. I also find myself using this as a really quick method of sending files between mobile devices and desktop/laptops. For me Telegram syncs instantly and 100% reliably --which is more than I've ever found Google Drive and its ilk to be capable of.

[wkjagt]

Yeah, Saved Messages is that unexpected feature for me too. I also use it to easily send photos from my phone to my laptop. It makes it convenient because Telegram is right at the top in the Share options, and it’s async, so I can send something now and use it whenever.

[crtasm]

can Telegram send the full quality photo file? I recently realised that Signal does not, and couldn't see a way to do so.

[cropcirclbureau]

It can. There's a check box on the telegram desktop to disable compression and on mobile you can send the image as a "file" attachment as opposed to an "image attachment".

[jackthetab]

I do the same thing using Obsidian and their Sync service, except I just save the file to disk and the magic happens. Very handy.