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Re: Telegram Voice Chats

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znpy wrote: post #28
tmakks wrote: post #22

Unpopular opinion & OT: Synchronous communication (eg. calls, video calls, real meetings) with more than two people rarely add value. Edit: Dear Downvoters, it's ok that you downvoted as it was expected but please share why you think different and give examples what value a 2+ meeting adds

My team hosts a weekly call where we sum up our progress for the last week and loosely plan the activities for the next week. It's very useful. It adds value, since during this kind of conversation one can offer useful suggestion or another point of view on an issue that they hadn't addressed before (because they were working on something else, for example). Different use case: incident handling with tight time const…

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Re: Telegram Voice Chats

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Post by cblconfederate »

nikivi wrote: post #4

I found Durov's plans to monetize Telegram most interesting. https://t.me/durov/142 Team features (competing with Slack/Discord?), ad tools for telegram channels and premium stickers. Whilst keeping all the existing Telegram features.

They should integrate direct payments/donations.

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Post by sebow »

tmakks wrote: post #22

Unpopular opinion & OT: Synchronous communication (eg. calls, video calls, real meetings) with more than two people rarely add value. Edit: Dear Downvoters, it's ok that you downvoted as it was expected but please share why you think different and give examples what value a 2+ meeting adds

I don't think it's about the value but rather what people actually want.

Lots of people use the group call 'feature' of WhatsApp, or even discord though obviously discord is way less popular.The strong advantage of Telegram over WhatsApp and really other IM so far: no notification bugs, clients are actually not that shitty across >all< platforms(windows,android/IOS,linux,mac[haven't personally tried]).

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Post by upofadown »

echelon wrote: post #2

Telegram, Discord, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Hangouts/Voice/Talk/Meet/Allo/Whatever -- who will win? And without ads deeply ingrained (or highly addictive paid features like Discord has), does it matter? With the recent scrutiny of the DOJ, I wonder if Google and Facebook's business models are really all that sustainable or desirable. Discord seems to have the healthiest setup here.

No one will win. That's not how this works. Things will continue to be an ongoing example of XKCD-927 until the world as a whole cares enough to fix things.

The train wreck that is instant messaging makes me realize how incredibly lucky we are to have email.

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Post by solarkraft »

Wonderful! I kept the beta installed just for this; of course you can have a separate Mumble/Discord/whatever channel, but this definitely removes some friction.

It works remarkably well!

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Post by interestica »

tmakks wrote: post #22

Unpopular opinion & OT: Synchronous communication (eg. calls, video calls, real meetings) with more than two people rarely add value. Edit: Dear Downvoters, it's ok that you downvoted as it was expected but please share why you think different and give examples what value a 2+ meeting adds

This is weird.

I had to talk to two others yesterday, all separated by thousands of kilometres. The video chat gave us the ability to catch up without having to repeat the same stories twice. And it was a chance to hear two voices on the same topic from their experience in their specific country/place. And I got to see their smiling faces.

Re: Telegram Voice Chats

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Post by interestica »

curiousgal wrote: post #8

I used to mainly use Telegram but their broken notifications on Android turned me off. If a chat app can't get notifications right, it's not worth using.

Okay I thought that was just me. The majority of the time, I just don't get a notification. It's intermittent, so it's not that something is turned off. I definitely don't have the issue with other comms apps.

That being said, telegram is probably my preferred app - and sometimes I actually use the broken notifications as a positive (the message isn't that important).

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Post by dorchadas »

ffpip wrote: post #7
theshrike79 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The problem with Discord is that every single thing has their own server with 42 highly nuanced channels, intricate permissions and multiple utility bots. Then you have like 15 active users, all typing on #general Multiply this by 20 or so communities and it's an UX clusterfuck of epic proportions.

Yeah. Even I felt the same. It feels incredibly spammy, admin, roles, plus cluttered interface.

That's exactly why I prefer Telegram to Discord in most cases. Everything just feels so cluttered. Yeah, it's nice to have the multiple channels in one server (though forums would be nicer, as then things would be easily searchable in the future for everyone and not behind Discord's wall, where who knows what could happen), but Telegram is just so much sleeker in my opinion, and that's why I use it as my primary chat app (and keep trying to get more of my friends and family on it)
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