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this post was submitted on 28 May 2025
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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?”
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.
What do people use bots for in Telegram?
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.
Interesting. I've not used Telegram before, I thought it was just for messaging.