Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
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#2Boggles my mind how WhatsApp is still a more popular messenger than Telegram by a long shot.
Talk about network effects and people not doing their research. Or not caring about UX.
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#3Is the HN ranking algorithm open source?
I'm curious as to why a story like this makes it to the 2nd or 3rd top ranking story with only 6 points.
Especially for an article about what seems to be a minor feature upgrade.
Is there some context about telegram that I am missing?
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#4Is the HN ranking algorithm open source? I'm curious as to why a story like this makes it to the 2nd or 3rd top ranking story with only 6 points. Especially for an article about what seems to be a minor feature upgrade. Is there some context about telegram that I am missing?
I think it's supposed to be a combination of upvote speed and how quiet HN is at the given time.
Given that most of the front page articles have been around most of the day I imagine prioritising things with fast upvotes becomes more important.
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#5Boggles my mind how WhatsApp is still a more popular messenger than Telegram by a long shot. Talk about network effects and people not doing their research. Or not caring about UX.
Telegram wins for me, because desktop is a first class citizen.
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#6Boggles my mind how WhatsApp is still a more popular messenger than Telegram by a long shot. Talk about network effects and people not doing their research. Or not caring about UX.
I mean, your choice is between an app owned by Facebook or an app owned by the creators of the largest social network in Russia.
I'm surprised more aren't using Signal, open source, and I believe funded by a non-profit organization. With founders that are known to care about organizational transparency and user privacy.
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#7I really like Telegram. Only end-to-end encryption by default and in group chats would make it perfect.
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#8Boggles my mind how WhatsApp is still a more popular messenger than Telegram by a long shot. Talk about network effects and people not doing their research. Or not caring about UX.
I mean, your choice is between an app owned by Facebook or an app owned by the creators of the largest social network in Russia. I'm surprised more aren't using Signal, open source, and I believe funded by a non-profit organization. With founders that are known to care about organizational transparency and user privacy.
I think it is worth noting that the creator of VK (Russia’s Facebook equivalent; overtaken by the Russian state), is actually a known libertarian dissident.
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#9Boggles my mind how WhatsApp is still a more popular messenger than Telegram by a long shot. Talk about network effects and people not doing their research. Or not caring about UX.
If I have to I use WhatsApp (Using Signal's encryption framework) over Telegram as I don't like to use a russian chat app that came up with their own encryption and doesn't even enable encryption by default.
It's not just about UX or not doing research.
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#10I had this idea a while back. I was in a group with just too much useless conversation. So I listed a few things I would like:
- customizable posting limits (per day, per week, etc);
- timeouts;
- time windows (no posts on Sundays, for instance);