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ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
So who exactly is downloading the app as a result of this latest government scandal? I’m going to guess it’s the maga crowd because they are this as an endorsement from their new king. But hopefully I’m wrong and it’s a broad sweep of different users from across the political spectrum.
absquatulate@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why should it matter if the new users are all magas or not?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You wouldn’t want the Signal brand to become linked to it.
“I’m on Signal, would you like to chat there?”
“What, on the MAGA Nazi app, are you joking? Of course I’m not talking to you there”
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
TBH this is why I’ve never used Telegram.
TheBat@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Telegram is a great piracy app tbh.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
And this frustrates me to no end.
Yeah, I get it, you don’t want to associate with bigoted people. But I wish people would take a step back for a minute and think. If everyone runs away the moment conservatives take interest in something, that means conservatives get an undue amount of power over you.
If we all largely ignore trolls, bigots, and bullies, they’ll lose their power. I’m not saying to be tolerant of intolerance, I’m saying we shouldn’t let them have power over us. Content moderation should take care of intolerance where it makes sense. On platforms like Signal, this means accepting that privacy means protection for both you and things you dislike. Yes, the platform will be used to arrange drug deals, facilitate pedophiles, and enable Nazis to communicate, but it also protects whistle blowers, people living under repressive regimes, and LGBT communities. Privacy means privacy, and that has value in itself.
Stop throwing babies out with the bathwater.
afronaut@slrpnk.net 4 weeks ago
Sure, but that was before almost every app was a Nazi app.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
people who react like that are giving them power
absquatulate@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s not just perception, it’s mindless tribalism and it’s a form of bigotry in itself. It’s no better than doing things to “own the libs” or whatever.
And the irony, some express this attitude on lemmy, which unlike signal is an actual platform, not a chat app, and with tankie roots to top it off.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s bigotry to dislike Nazis, but you do you mate.
mholiv@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It matters though. Like in Germany telegram is associated with hard right wings groups. Telling someone you use telegram makes them assume that you are a part of hard right ideologies.
It’s a shame as the telegram app is really snappy. You always have to say that you are on telegram but are not right wing. Even the. People can be suspicious.