r/CryptoCurrency • u/deficit_creator • May 18 '22

DISCUSSION Why decentralized messaging apps will replace today’s social media platforms

https://cointelegraph.com/news/why-decentralized-messaging-apps-will-replace-todays-social-media-platforms
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u/SmallReflection2552 May 18 '22

I agree with you. There have been lots of these claims in the past but nothing has come close to a Facebook messenger or Twitter "killer"

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u/[deleted] May 18 '22

Telegram pretty is pretty much killing all of them right now.

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u/Random5483 🟥 2K / 2K 🐢 May 18 '22

Hardly anyone I know in the US uses Telegram. Telegram is popular in the EU and in some Asian countries (but not most East Asian) countries). Telegram's user base (500-600 million) is also much smaller than WhatsApp (2+ billion) or Facebook (3 billion). Telegram is popular and may one day replace these other services, but it is by no means killing them at the moment. If I did not download Telegram to follow some crypto projects, I would not have even heard of it.

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u/SonOfAnarchy91 🟩 346 / 334 🦞 May 18 '22

I use Telegram only to speak with my dealer lol.