Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by saleeh » Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 4:38 PM UTC

We are small team and we tried to use slack at work and it seems heavy for us. We started using Telegram groups and telegram bots. I'm curious to know anyone else using Telegram groups and bots at work?

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by tlack » Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

I try to use Telegram groups first for most things, since a lot of my friends and co-conspirators are on it.

But I've yet to find many good organizational bots. I have pondered writing one that would keep track of #hashtags used in the group so that you could find old posts more easily, for instance.

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by askafriend » Wed, Apr 24, 2019, 10:39 PM UTC

I trust Slack more than I trust Telegram as the entity responsible for my corporate data and sensitive communications.

That alone would be the dealbreaker for me.

If I was at a tiny startup that was just getting off the ground, I might be more open to using Telegram for the use-case you're describing.

But once you're dealing with a real business, several employees and several paying customers with significant revenue implications, I'd switch to a known and trusted entity that has enterprise support (like Slack, Teams, Hangouts, etc).

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by akoster » Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 1:24 AM UTC

Old work team of 7-8 people used telegram and worked great! We didn't use any bots though - just a group.

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by ziggystardust » Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 11:43 AM UTC

yes,we're into stocks and financial technology. A lot of people trading stocks or interested in investment strategies are on telegram. so my team communicates on telegram since our clients are mostly there + it's very easy/smooth to get a new client to telegram than slack + we can very easily attach our tech notifications to telegram bots!

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by saleeh » Thu, Apr 25, 2019, 1:01 PM UTC

akoster wrote: post #4

Old work team of 7-8 people used telegram and worked great! We didn't use any bots though - just a group.

We are now a 10 member team. Telegram is perfect for as at this stage. We use bots for reports CI/CD logs. Support logs etc

Re: Ask HN: Any one using telegram for work?

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Post by lovedaddy » Fri, Apr 26, 2019, 10:50 AM UTC

Have a look at Matrix and Riot.im - slack has a ton of traction at our work, but trying to get people onto that.