What is Telegram? - #Telegram #Discussion Lots of people have a view about what Telegram is which maybe correct or incorrect, but views about what Telegram is are more often than not too narrow.
Mostly people view Telegram as a messaging or chat App, which it of course it is; but it's more than that too. With this discussion I hope to broaden your viewpoint by of Telegram offering some examples and answering your questions.
How Telegram is like WhatsApp?
The mobile App looks simillar to WhatsApp in many ways, in the same way that many messaging Apps will have a similarlly looking user interface. Things that people do on WhatsApp can be done with Telegram.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Brand channels
There are lots of things that people can do with Telegram can do which cannot be done with WhatsApp.
For example this message or "post" is the two hundered and seventy second post made to a "Brand Channel" named Social Media Talk, which has the "username" @SocialKnowhow
A brand channel can be viewed like a Facebook page, or a Twitter channel.
A Telegram channel can be viewed with all the channel posts within the Telegram App. But people who don't use Telegram can read public channel posts outside of Telegram. Each post has a post page with a unique URL: channel-name/post-ID
There are also private channels which cannot be viewed outside of being signed into Telegram.
Brand channels are created by an owning account but can be managed by multiple accounts with granular permissions if the channel owner sets that up.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Telegram Groups
WhatsApp has a groups feature. A group is a community space where the group members (by default) have write access to; by write access I mean group members can posts "messages" to the group.
Telegram has a groups feature, but on Telegram groups can have many more members and be public or private. So Telegram group featuers make them are more like Facebook groups. Public groups have a public URL / Username like a public channel URL. Groups can be managed by up to fifty admins or moderators.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Privacy
WhatsApp uses a phone number to register in a similar way to Telegram. But Telegram does NOT show your phone number to others by default. It does show your phone number to "contacts" by default. Your contacts are generally people who you have shared your contact details with.
With Telegram you can restrict who can see your phone mumber down to no-one.
With Telegram you can choose to add a public username. My public username is @RobertWallis - A public username gives you a public profile and URL. WhatsApp doesn't have public content or public profiles.
If you do not have a public profile on Telegram you can still interact with public content, where your username is not liked to a profile.
Lots more ...
There are lots of other aspects and technical differences, but I hope I've done enough for you to consider taking a first or second look at what Telegram is.
If you are a Telegram user you can comment on this post. I would love to hear your feedback or questions.
Thanks 🙏
Mostly people view Telegram as a messaging or chat App, which it of course it is; but it's more than that too. With this discussion I hope to broaden your viewpoint by of Telegram offering some examples and answering your questions.
How Telegram is like WhatsApp?
The mobile App looks simillar to WhatsApp in many ways, in the same way that many messaging Apps will have a similarlly looking user interface. Things that people do on WhatsApp can be done with Telegram.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Brand channels
There are lots of things that people can do with Telegram can do which cannot be done with WhatsApp.
For example this message or "post" is the two hundered and seventy second post made to a "Brand Channel" named Social Media Talk, which has the "username" @SocialKnowhow
A brand channel can be viewed like a Facebook page, or a Twitter channel.
A Telegram channel can be viewed with all the channel posts within the Telegram App. But people who don't use Telegram can read public channel posts outside of Telegram. Each post has a post page with a unique URL: channel-name/post-ID
There are also private channels which cannot be viewed outside of being signed into Telegram.
Brand channels are created by an owning account but can be managed by multiple accounts with granular permissions if the channel owner sets that up.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Telegram Groups
WhatsApp has a groups feature. A group is a community space where the group members (by default) have write access to; by write access I mean group members can posts "messages" to the group.
Telegram has a groups feature, but on Telegram groups can have many more members and be public or private. So Telegram group featuers make them are more like Facebook groups. Public groups have a public URL / Username like a public channel URL. Groups can be managed by up to fifty admins or moderators.
How Telegram is NOT like WhatsApp - Privacy
WhatsApp uses a phone number to register in a similar way to Telegram. But Telegram does NOT show your phone number to others by default. It does show your phone number to "contacts" by default. Your contacts are generally people who you have shared your contact details with.
With Telegram you can restrict who can see your phone mumber down to no-one.
With Telegram you can choose to add a public username. My public username is @RobertWallis - A public username gives you a public profile and URL. WhatsApp doesn't have public content or public profiles.
If you do not have a public profile on Telegram you can still interact with public content, where your username is not liked to a profile.
Lots more ...
There are lots of other aspects and technical differences, but I hope I've done enough for you to consider taking a first or second look at what Telegram is.
If you are a Telegram user you can comment on this post. I would love to hear your feedback or questions.
Thanks 🙏
Anyone managing a brand on social should take a look at Telegram's tweets and replies tab on Twitter.
Sure your client may not allow the freedom to craft a brand voice quite as well rounded, but there is plenty there to see and gain insight from.
#Strategy #Discussion
Sure your client may not allow the freedom to craft a brand voice quite as well rounded, but there is plenty there to see and gain insight from.
#Strategy #Discussion
Do you need a seperate YouTube channel for Shorts?
MKBHD has officially announced a new channel for shorts. It's a trend at the moment, but is it the right way to go and why do YouTubers feel that there is a need for seperate channel for shorts?
Personally my view is that shorts aren't their own thing on YouTube. They are often used to make a short version of a long video on the same channel and this duplication is what suggest that the seperation is a good idea.
I'd say YouTube has dropped the ball. What was and still is needed are notification filters. So that subscribers can choose what they want to be notified of from a channel: no shorts, just shorts etc.
What's your view?
#YouTube #Shorts #Discussion
MKBHD has officially announced a new channel for shorts. It's a trend at the moment, but is it the right way to go and why do YouTubers feel that there is a need for seperate channel for shorts?
Personally my view is that shorts aren't their own thing on YouTube. They are often used to make a short version of a long video on the same channel and this duplication is what suggest that the seperation is a good idea.
I'd say YouTube has dropped the ball. What was and still is needed are notification filters. So that subscribers can choose what they want to be notified of from a channel: no shorts, just shorts etc.
What's your view?
#YouTube #Shorts #Discussion
Twitter Communities
This seems like a pretty new Twitter feature.
Are you using Twitter communities?
#Twitter #Feature #Discussion
This seems like a pretty new Twitter feature.
Are you using Twitter communities?
#Twitter #Feature #Discussion
Instagram Favourites
"Today, we’re introducing Favorites and Following, two new ways to choose what you see in your feed."
My view: A half baked power user feature.
A maximum of fifty accounts can be favourited. That's an abitrarily low numer for power users, who are (mostly) the only users that will use this feature.
Your thoughts?
#Instagram #Feature #Discussion
"Today, we’re introducing Favorites and Following, two new ways to choose what you see in your feed."
My view: A half baked power user feature.
A maximum of fifty accounts can be favourited. That's an abitrarily low numer for power users, who are (mostly) the only users that will use this feature.
Your thoughts?
#Instagram #Feature #Discussion
Twitter Community Invites (Suggestion)
Currently community invites are sent via Twitter Direct Message.
This seems like a flawed approach when DMs will often NOT trigger any notification, but rely on an inactive user actually going to look for unseen message request.
I would suggest a better approach could be to expose community invites in the general community area (user/communities).
There also needs to be user control over who can issue invites.
#Twitter #Discussion
Currently community invites are sent via Twitter Direct Message.
This seems like a flawed approach when DMs will often NOT trigger any notification, but rely on an inactive user actually going to look for unseen message request.
I would suggest a better approach could be to expose community invites in the general community area (user/communities).
There also needs to be user control over who can issue invites.
#Twitter #Discussion
Is this legal?
The most common "competition" I see on social media, mostly on Instagram, currently is this: to enter follow X and Y accounts and tag X of your friends.
Is this kind of activity legal? Both in terms of platform policies, it's clearly gamification of the algorithm. And in terms of actual law, as the post is I assume a paid promotion on the publishing channel sponsored by the other channel that one is required to follow.
#Discussion
The most common "competition" I see on social media, mostly on Instagram, currently is this: to enter follow X and Y accounts and tag X of your friends.
Is this kind of activity legal? Both in terms of platform policies, it's clearly gamification of the algorithm. And in terms of actual law, as the post is I assume a paid promotion on the publishing channel sponsored by the other channel that one is required to follow.
#Discussion
Twitter Circle now available for all users.
Add up to 150 user and tweet just to them.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #discussion
Add up to 150 user and tweet just to them.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #discussion
Who sees REPLIES to Twitter Circle tweets?
It's not clear to me who sees replies to Twitter Circle tweets. Are they like replies to protected tweets, which are public (when the accounts tweets are public). Or do replies to a Twitter Circle tweet have the same visibility applied as the Twitter Circle tweet?
I guess I could test this, but does anyone already know?
#Twitter #Discussion
I guess I could test this, but does anyone already know?
#Twitter #Discussion
Currently when you publish on Twitter it is possible to change "Who can reply" from "Everyone" to "People you follow" or "Only people you mention".
It seems to me that it would make much more sense for the middle option to be "Your followers" instead.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #Discussion
It seems to me that it would make much more sense for the middle option to be "Your followers" instead.
Thoughts?
#Twitter #Discussion