“Telegram played a central role in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s revolt—and in so many other chaotic events that have defined recent history.”

  • TheYang@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Well, is it really that influental if the second they’d try to use their power, they’d lose the platform?
    I see no reason why telegram couldn’t be replaced in this story.

    • cryball@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      Telegram as a platform is influential, not the developers behind it. The article put it really well by stating that it’s a “force multiplier”.

      Sure you could replace telegram with another program, but without the breadth and type of userbase it has, you wouldn’t get the same force multiplication for information propagation.