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drafts/Telegram.md

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 ## Community
 
+The one absent activity throughout my years of Telegram use - save for intermittent correspondence during one relationship - has been *messaging other users*. I managed to find and participate in a few group chats - “[Telegram iOS Talk](https://t.me/TelegramiOStalk)” and [*It's FOSS*' official channel](https://t.me/itsfoss_official), notably - in my preparation/research for this post
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 In the past few weeks, I’ve had the privilege of watching *MacStories* relaunch their premium membership program, *Club MacStories*, on their incredible bespoke CMS. Part of this launch included their first exclusive community space, on Discord, which has been deeply rewarding for me, personally, but has also highlighted some serious limitations of that service which I not-so-long-ago [advocated so heavily for](https://bilge.world/discord-slack-comparison). Namely, **hyperlinks to specific messages** within Discord are a hopelessly problematic endeavor. Even for a public server like *Extratone*’s, navigating to a message link [like this example](https://discord.com/channels/107272441889341440/107272441889341440/893958033401593898) will require any and all users to log in to Discord on the web, which - on mobile devices, especially - seems to struggle to navigate to the precise position of the subject message after you’ve successfully done so. Slack’s public message links are smart enough at least to prompt users to open them Slack for iOS, but Telegram’s system for message links in public channels and groups makes both services look daft.
 
 Telegram message IDs are purely chronological from their channel/group chat’s creation - the first message in a channel or group chat is `1` and the 15th is `15`. Together with the simplicity of channel/group chat IDs, which are just their alphanumeric @ names, this format makes URL schemes for Telegram message links super malleable and easy to understand. The sixth message posted in the [@extratone channel](https://t.me/extratone), for instance, can be found at [https://t.me/extratone/6](https://t.me/extratone/6), which even those without Telegram installed can view natively within their web browser. Within Telegram clients, said links are ultra-responsive, regardless of whether or not one had previously “joined” the channel or group containing the message. 
 
+![Orange Noir Telegram Theme by Valespace](https://i.snap.as/moymK7EY.png)
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+## “”””Privacy””””
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+One of my primary justifications for the time spent in composing this Post has to do with the immediately-available discourse surrounding Telegram on the web, which is wholly incomplete, at best. The main obstruction, from my perspective, is the subject of **encryption**. Even within publications as legitimate and frankly out-of-scope as *Forbes*, one can find an article like my chosen example, from February of this year, entitled "[No, Don’t Quit WhatsApp To Use Telegram Instead—Here’s Why](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/02/13/why-you-should-stop-using-telegram-instead-of-whatsapp-use-signal-or-apple-imessage)." It was written to address a mass exodus of users from WhatsApp 
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 ![Telegram Green](https://i.snap.as/e2g09wl3.png)
 
 ## A Hearty Foundation
 
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 [1] I still have not accepted this, by the way. I’m still back there.
 [2] If I were to be 100% sincere, I might ask you to consider that this (hilariously brief) intent was a method of coping with the great existential truths I was facing for the first time.
 [3] I *definitey* was, though. For whatever reason, I do not remember associating the term “automation” with such activities, but I just found the “receipt” for my “purchase” of [IFTTT for iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ifttt/id660944635)… From July, 2013.

notes/Notes-Telegram.md

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 # Notes-Telegram
 
 ## General URLs
+* **Telegram and Discord are the same age**
+* Telegram’s cross-platform, resource-frugal clients and phone number-based accounts/auth literally make it more **class mobile** than Discord.
 * What in fuck is this website… “[Telegram for iOS - NONE](http://tsfkb.wikidot.com/apps:ios)”
 * My [personal Telegram satellite GitHub Repository](https://github.com/extratone/t)
 * [Send to Telegram Drafts Action](https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/18E)
+* [r/columbiamo - Local Telegram Group Chat for Columbia](https://reddit.com/r/columbiamo/comments/c4na0v/local_telegram_group_chat_for_columbia/)
 * Relative link to messages that don't involve complex scripting.
 * Unlimited file upload limit - **2GB PER FILE LIMIT**.
 * Cross-platform as all fuck.
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 ## References
-* [Drafts Directory: Send to Telegram](https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/18E)
-* [Telegram | The Eastern Border](https://shows.acast.com/theeasternborder/episodes/telegram)
-* [How-to: Markdown/Formatting Text in Telegram](https://telegra.ph/markdown-07-07)
-* [Keyboard Shortcuts · telegramdesktop/tdesktop Wiki](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/wiki/Keyboard-Shortcuts)
+- [ ] [Drafts Directory: Send to Telegram]
+- [ ] [(https://actions.getdrafts.com/a/18E)
+- [ ] [Telegram | The Eastern Border](https://shows.acast.com/theeasternborder/episodes/telegram)
+- [ ] [How-to: Markdown/Formatting Text in Telegram](https://telegra.ph/markdown-07-07)
+- [ ] [Keyboard Shortcuts · telegramdesktop/tdesktop Wiki](https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/wiki/Keyboard-Shortcuts)
+- [ ] [Telegram VS Whatsapp | Hacker Noon](https://hackernoon.com/telegram-vs-whatsapp-25bf6f75c70f)
+- [ ] [Revelations in Web Starvation](https://bilge.world/bad-connection-insights)
+- [ ] [Nearby Search in Telegram Joke Tweet](https://twitter.com/neoyokel/status/1442188519309406212)
+- [ ] [Telegram tops 1 billion downloads](https://techcrunch.com/2021/08/30/telegram-tops-1-billion-downloads/)
+- [ ] [Telegram, nearing 500 million users, to begin monetizing the app – TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/23/telegram-to-launch-an-ad-platform-as-it-approaches-500-million-users/)
+- [ ] “[Chat History](https://reallifemag.com/chat-history/)” - *Real Life*
+- [ ] [Why you shouldn't be using Telegram](https://tube.tchncs.de/w/2d958ef9-1be4-477c-bc13-852ec6391487)
+- [ ] [No, Don’t Quit WhatsApp To Use Telegram Instead—Here’s Why](https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2021/02/13/why-you-should-stop-using-telegram-instead-of-whatsapp-use-signal-or-apple-imessage) | *Forbes*
+- [ ] [Telegram, Signal Are No Match for WhatsApp and Facebook's Network Effects](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-09-02/telegram-signal-are-no-match-for-whatsapp-and-facebook-s-network-effects) | *Bloomberg*
+- [ ] [Telegram - Review 2021 - PCMag UK](https://uk.pcmag.com/iphone-apps/76144/telegram-messenger-for-iphone-review)
 
 ## Themes
 * [Tweetbot 6 Pro](https://t.me/addtheme/Tweetbot6Pro)
+* [SYSTEM COLORS Themes for iOS-Bound Telegram – Telegraph](https://telegra.ph/SYSTEM-COLORS-Themes-for-iOS-Bound-Telegram-09-27)
+* [SYSTEM BLUE](https://t.me/addtheme/systemblue)
+-   [SYSTEM PINK](https://t.me/addtheme/systempink)
+-   [SYSTEM PURPLE](https://t.me/addtheme/systempurple)
+-   [SYSTEM RED](https://t.me/addtheme/systemred)
+-   [SYSTEM GREEN](https://t.me/addtheme/systemgreen)
+-   [SYSTEM ORANGE](https://t.me/addtheme/systemorange)
 
 ## Channels
 * [Telegram iOS Talk](https://t.me/TelegramiOStalk)
+* [It's FOSS](https://t.me/itsfoss_official)
 
 ## Images
 
-```
-![Drake Telegram Joke](https://i.snap.as/2YhRCO0I.jpeg)
+- [x] `![White Sapphire](https://i.snap.as/aNADRjvK.png)`
+- [x] `![Telegram Green](https://i.snap.as/e2g09wl3.png)`
+- [x] `![Drake Telegram Joke](https://i.snap.as/2YhRCO0I.jpeg)`
+- [ ] `![Quartered Telegram](https://i.snap.as/387ADVNS.png)`
+- [ ] `![Quarter Telegram](https://i.snap.as/wYNY5aVO.png)`
+- [x] `![Patel Clouds Theme in the Chat Background Tool](https://i.snap.as/9Bxz27ZX.png)`
 
-![Quartered Telegram](https://i.snap.as/387ADVNS.png)
+- [ ] `![Local Visibility and Voice Notes Publishing in Telegram for iOS](https://i.snap.as/jfBVJqyw.png)`
 
-![Quarter Telegram](https://i.snap.as/wYNY5aVO.png)
+- [ ] ``
+- [ ] `![iOS Old Red Theme](https://i.snap.as/cfzQk533.png)`
 
-![Patel Clouds Theme in the Chat Background Tool](https://i.snap.as/9Bxz27ZX.png)
+- [ ] `![Telegram for iOS Sharing and Notifications](https://i.snap.as/FltrCV6Z.png)`
+- [x] `![Send to Telegram Drafts Action](https://i.snap.as/p3K96LiX.png)`
+- [ ] `![Telegram in CarPlay](https://i.snap.as/0jm5rxyy.png)`
+- [x] `![Security Considerations in Telegram for iOS](https://i.snap.as/Qim9gsZZ.png)`
 
-![Local Visibility and Voice Notes Publishing in Telegram for iOS](https://i.snap.as/jfBVJqyw.png)
 
-![Orange Noir Telegram Theme by Valespace](https://i.snap.as/moymK7EY.png)
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-![iOS Old Red Theme](https://i.snap.as/cfzQk533.png)
-
-![Telegram for iOS Sharing and Notifications](https://i.snap.as/FltrCV6Z.png)
-
-![Send to Telegram Drafts Action](https://i.snap.as/p3K96LiX.png)
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-![Telegram in CarPlay](https://i.snap.as/0jm5rxyy.png)
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-![Security Considerations in Telegram for iOS](https://i.snap.as/Qim9gsZZ.png)
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-```
 
 ## Media
 * [Share Sheet animation](https://imgur.com/gallery/4laWgXj) - `https://imgur.com/gallery/4laWgXj`