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• Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If you want something more like the fediverse itself, then Matrix. If you want something closer to Telegram out of the box without setup, then Signal or SimpleX.

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  • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Signal doesn’t have bot support, so it’s hardly a Telegram equivalent sadly

    Matrix works though, but it has the fediverse problem of “which instance do I pick?”

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    • Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, that’s true. I still use Signal as the main app to keep in contact with friends and family, though. It’s not like we ever discuss anything important, I just don’t like having my privacy openly invaded by apps like TG. Its affronting and insulting.

      I can’t think of any other alternative to Matrix that has bot support, though. I guess just be careful of which instance, because I’ve read that there’s a lot of shady stuff that goes down in Matrix groups sometimes.

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    • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What do people use bots for in Telegram?

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      • lepinkainen@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Anything really, it’s really simple to whip up a bot for anything. On par with Discord, maybe even a bit easier.

        We have a family channel with bots that do calendar notifications and connect to home automation systems.

        But I think you can do full on stores with payments using Telegram bots, never tried nor been in channels that do it.

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• Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  XMPP

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• Rodancoci@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I use matrix synapse. You can self host or join an existing server.

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  • 0xD@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    My Matrix server is conduwuit which was discontinued some time ago and your comment made me look at the GitHub page of its successor again, tuwunel…

    It’s finally out! Ohh I’m so happy, updating today 😁

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