except for Steve Hoffman forum. It’s a colloquy

probably depends on how people use in different regions. down here it is mostly a news aggregator or thematic dumpster type of thing - so kinda like reddit. i had to look up when was the last time anyone wrote DMs to me in Telegram and it’s been a little over 4 years. Viber is the go-to messenger down here, followed by WhatsApp and Signal and it is always a headache to figure out who is using what and when someone uses a couple of those it is a bitch to find anything across multiple chats.

well, duh. it is also deeply annoying to navigate. It is like even shittier and less engaging reddit

That’s just fucked up.