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stavros 70 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Mysteries of Telegram Data Centers (2022)

I really don't get the appeal. I mainly use Signal, though I also use Telegram a lot, and Telegram seems a lot more dodgy. I constantly get spam on Telegram even though I never get spam on Signal.

gf000 70 days ago [–]

Well, I'm fairly sure that Telegram has substantially more users, so not getting spam is more likely due to that only.

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