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.
mwguy@infosec.pub 10 months ago
What is the fediverse chat equivalent?
Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 10 months 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?”
frostysauce@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What do people use bots for in Telegram?
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 10 months 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.
Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months 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.
Rodancoci@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I use matrix synapse. You can self host or join an existing server.
0xD@infosec.pub 10 months ago
Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 10 months ago
XMPP