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Should we switch over to from whatsapp to telegram.org?
8 points by dhrp 4495 days ago
Telegram app (telegram.org) is apparently is safer and more open than WhatsApp. If we really care about open communication such important infrastructure should really not be a service but more of a protocol. It should never be worth as much as Facebook paid for it.
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Telegram is a centralized service. Also, consider this http://www.cryptofails.com/post/70546720222/telegrams-crypta...
Disclaimer : I'm neither of Whatsapp not Telegram (I resisted being on FB for longest time, even now - I occasionally visit FB)

I think importance of "Social Networks" is based on the user base. So while security is important - if you are the only person on such social network, what does it matter ? You can't "share stuff" cause there aren't enough people there. So moving to telegram makes sense only when enough of "your friends/family/relatives" are there.

I'm looking for arguments about whether we should switch over to a platform that is open.
what I don't understand is that they're both down / offline for the last 30 minutes.

are they hosted on the same platform?

Strangely, they could all be running on AWS, which wouldn't surprise me...
Heml.is looks promising - if it ever launches
works for me so far