Telegram is a social media messaging app that has become popular in recent times. Its core feature is privacy. Here are 6 reasons why use telegram.
Telegram is social media messaging app. It gives end to end encrypting and focus on increasing users privacy. You may have heard a lot about end to end encryption, it is the same thing WhatsApp also provides. It prevents users outside the conversation like hackers to stay away from the conversation.
Telegram has gained a lot of popularity for some of its interesting features, some of them are discussed in this post. Here are 10 reasons why use telegram.
1. Telegram Uses Cloud
Telegram stores all its data like chats or medias in the cloud. Which give a good advantage as you can download or check any chat from any connected device. This is some feature which differentiates it from just chatting.
2. Usernames Not Numbers
Another great feature of telegram is the use of usernames. It increases the privacy of the users. Unlike WhatsApp where you need to share your number to chat, in Telegram you can start a conversation just by sharing your username.
Though this feature has a demerit also, it lets unknown users type down some random username and chat with any random person. But you can anyway block those people.
3.Edit Messages
“Good Mourning Bro”
Well you may have got it was a typo, it should have been morning instead of mourning. The other person to whom the message is sent may also have got it, but you know its embarrassing.
If there was a way to change that spelling, it would have been great. There is Telegram to help you out.
In certain situations, where we said something we were not meant to we can always change the message. To change the message, just select on the message for couple seconds, and you will see a pencil like edit button on the top. You can select the edit button and edit the message.
The receiver will see that the message was edited, but will never come to know the original message.
4. Secret Chats
Users are concerned about their privacy, so Telegram offers end to end encryption. But what if you want more privacy?
Like you are planning someone’s birthday and you do not want notifications to spoil the surprise. Or you have a secret lover, who you do not want others to know. Telegram comes up with the Secret Chat feature.
All the secret chats are not stored in the Telegram servers and then can also be not forwarded and also they do not send notifications.
To start a secret chat you need to go to the person’s chat and select the persons name from the top. Then select the 3 dot from the top right corner and select start secret chat.
5. Send Large Files
Telegram allows to send files up to 2GB. That is you can practically send any thing between two users.
6. Large Members In Group
Telegram allows groups to add up to 200,000 members. These groups support allow replies, mentions, hashtags like WhatsApp groups but for larger communities. You can add admins to manage the groups.
