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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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      • frostysauce@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Interesting. I’ve not used Telegram before, I thought it was just for messaging.

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