Telegram Launches Telegraph, An Anonymous Blogging Platform

Telegram has unveiled a new blogging platform called Telegraph, which offers fast publishing and anonymous posting without requiring you to sign up or sign in via social media. The Verge reports: The app's user interface looks very similar to Medium and allows for easy embeds. You can also embed images from your computer by clicking on the camera button. In comparison to Medium, the loading time for embeds is relatively fast. Publication is instantaneous upon hitting "publish." Posts are shareable on social media platforms but are designed to work best on Telegram's new Instant View layout, which works similarly to Facebook's Instant Articles feature. The simplicity and speed of Telegraph are not without its downsides. As TechCrunch points out, the lack of user history means that if you accidentally delete the link to your published post, it would be very difficult to track down unless you have cookies enabled on your browser. The anonymous nature also opens up opportunities for abuse, potentially paving the way for internet trolls and spreaders of fake news -- a problem that has put tech giants like Facebook and Google under scrutiny.

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[turkeydance]

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[afranke]

You should read Why I don't recommend Signal anymore [sandervenema.ch] (by Sander Venema).

Whahahs

[fubarrr]

>anonymous

It extorts your phone number, and the call itself anonymous

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Finally!

[Ol Olsoc]

We're gonna know who all is screwing everyone's mother

Oh boy, is this going to be fun...

[Anaerin]

I mean, a news outlet called "Telegraph"? I would never have thought of that before [telegraph.co.uk]... Oh, wait...

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[unixisc]

Not a bad idea - take a technology that was popular 100 years ago but now obsolete, and use its name for something relevant today! But on a different note, does it not use email addresses either? Is it that anybody can create any login, and once its taken, they own it, but don't need to have any emails or other way of being tracked?

Likely usage pattern

[jrumney]

1. 1. Spam (99%)
2. 2. Bullying/Harrassment/Hate Speech (0.99%)
3. 3. Free speech from politically vulnerable individuals (0.01%)

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[will_die]

That is so wrong, you are missing pictures of mens' dicks.

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[Anonymous Coward]

And that 0.01% is justification enough for it to exist.

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[ooloorie]

Let's translate this, shall we?

The anonymous nature also opens up opportunities for frank discussion, potentially paving the way for independents, conservatives, and libertarians to post without left-wing hooligans doxing them or threatening them with violence, as they so frequently do -- something that tech giants like Facebook and Google don't particularly like because it contravenes the political and corporate interests of their founders

pastebin

[markybob]

it's seriously just a pastebin. c'mon. this is stupid.

Telegraph ? Samsung did it better...

[LordHighExecutioner]

...with their new smartphone line capable of sending smoke signals for secure communication.

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Free speech is free speech

[stevegee58]

Free speech is free speech no matter its content. So-called "false news", "alt-right fever swamps", "hate speech", and "trolling" are all free speech.
If social media companies decide to censor speech on their platforms that's their business. The flip side is there needs to be uncensored alternatives to the mainstream SM platforms. Telegram is one of them.

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[stevegee58]

Ugh voted down by a triggered snowflake.

Differences with Diaspora?

[Herve5]

Do I understand correctly that compared to Diaspora, Telegram
- is closed source instead of open
- but allow instant anonymous posting, while Diaspora requires you set up a minimal account on one of the pods?
(which allows actual users instead of totally anonymous posts)
H.

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[stevegee58]

Sadly the technical barriers to entry for end users tends to sideline otherwise good open source projects.
There are other examples that require using Tor. This alone is a non-starter for Granny Smith and other "normal" users.