diff --git a/_posts/2016-11-26-telegram-second-chance.md b/_posts/2016-11-26-telegram-second-chance.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1bce614 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2016-11-26-telegram-second-chance.md @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +--- +layout: post +comments: true +title: "Telegrams second chance" +category: [english] +tags: [telegram, english, esperanto] +redirect_from: /telegram.html +--- + +*I have blogged about Telegram a lot and I thought I would end it to + leaving it, but that didn't happen. However I MUST type about the + current situation I have with it.* + +**TL;DR I don't recommend Telegram for anyone if you aren't forced to use +it and to protect myself I am not setting username. As I don't recommend +it, I am there only with my primary phone number (DO NOT SHARE IT), if +someone needs to contact me, use Matrix @Ciblia:matrix.org or Wire +(myname at myname dot info).** + +* * * * * + +If you haven't read my blog previously, you might want to read the aspects +of Telegram I have written about earlier: + +* [How to private message people on Telegram without getting reported for spam]({% post_url 2016-04-26-telegram-privatemessaging-people %}) + * Where I have Telegrams spam issue my issue and try to make it clear + to its users that they are not behaving properly. +* [Why I use Telegram?]({% post_url 2016-05-21-why-telegram %}) + * Where I talk about the positive aspects. +* [Telegram tweets where I refer often]({% post_url 2016-06-01-telegram-tweets %}) + * The beginning (and end) with communication with Telegram developers. + * I have also tweeted to [Wire] multiple times and I cannot + remember any tweet that they haven't replied just as a + side-note... +* [Why to not use Telegram?]({% post_url 2016-09-29-why-not-telegram %}) + * Where I finally leave Telegram and talk about the negative aspects. + +*I also think I am not going to edit all of those posts and if you have a +problem, feel free to send Pull Requests.* + +* * * * * + +So in the previous episode I left Telegram (and after a long time briefly +visited it again as there were problems with relaybot (which simply +moved to another persons API key) but it was too stressful so I left +almost immediately) and now after a long time I have returned there. + +I would have preferred avoiding it, but I started learning Esperanto on +Sunday (20th) in the freenode channel (use ALIS) I was overspoken to +returning there as +[Telegram is very popular with Esperantists (link in Esperanto)](http://telegramo.org/). + +This brings me back Telegram issues where the only ones that I can affect +are: + +* *Twisted version of FOSS* + * As the app is open source even if the source is released long time + after releases, it's in [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/) which is + Android app store for FOSS apps, which has compiled it (removing + GCM support and possibly other propietary parts) I installed Telegram + from there and I know the app which I am using is open source even + if it lags long behind the Play Store version. +* *Spam* + * I don't set username (killing one of the only good things in + Telegram) as that would allow anyone to contact me instead of only + the people who have my number or are in common group with me. + * I only join groups that I actually need to join avoiding bigger + groups that might potentially be nice, but which would surely lure + spammers. This is another good feature of Telegram killed. + * This way to contact me you must have my number or be in common + group and I might know which group the spammer is part of and + in addition to reporting them for spam I can also report them + to the group admin possibly getting them removed. I don't think + Esperantists, SailfishOS fans or autists tolerate spamming. + +* * * * * + +Originally I was trying to be at Telegram using both phones (OnePlus3 & +Jolla1), but people found it too confusing so I decided to kill the less +private account to avoid confusion. It also makes the message that I +don't support Telegram more clear, but makes contacting me more +difficult for Telegram users who actually have something to say to me, +but that is their problem. **Do NOT give my phone number to these +people.** + +I think my primary communication protocol is currently +[Matrix](https://matrix.org/) where I am +[@Ciblia:matrix.org](https://matrix.to/#/@Ciblia:matrix.org), but +[IRC](/irc) isn't going anywhere either (especially thanks to +[Matrixs IRC bridge](https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/issues/208)). +I have also started warming to [Wire] which doesn't require phone number +(when registering using the [web or desktop apps](https://app.wire.com/)), +seems to have better encryption than Telegram (which is not surprising) +which is based on Signal and works on multiple devices without having to +keep one connected all the time. + +[Wire]:https://wire.com/ +[WhatsApp]:https://whatsapp.com/ +[Signal]:https://whispersystems.org/