Telegram: Announces that it has reached 400 million users
Just 2 days ago, cross-platform messaging app call «Telegram», which is increasingly used in the world, due to its fabulous features and functions, has announced to reach 400 millions of users.
In addition, he has also commented on this achievement that he has available to his users 20.000 stickers, questionnaires 2.0 and € 400K for creators of educational tests.
Despite that Telegram, is not itself an application or platform of Free Software and Open Source, the same for being more secure, private and own a free client, tends to be more used by lovers or users of Free and open operating systems, or people who demand more Privacy & Security in their communication mechanisms. As with others we have already talked about before, as real alternatives to WhatsApp.
Telegram: 400 million users and more ...
This April, the Telegram official site has commented on his Own blog the news in question, of which we will comment on a few brief extracts.
400 million Users
"Telegram has reached 400.000.000 monthly users, up from 300 million a year ago. Every day at least 1,5 million new users sign up for Telegram. Features like folders, cloud storage, and the desktop app make Telegram ideal for remote work and study during quarantine. Not surprisingly, Telegram is the # 1 social media app among the most downloaded in more than 20 countries. People around the world are switching to Telegram at an accelerated rate".
Better quizzes
"Now you can add explanations that will appear as users answer the quiz questions, to help them learn from their mistakes or to give them more context. The explanations make Telegram questionnaires perfect not only for evaluating knowledge, but also for disseminating it".
€ 400K for questionnaire creators
"With 2 billion students currently not in their schools, the world is in dire need of online educational tools. We want to help solve this problem by creating a database of educational tests for all subjects and levels. To do so, today we announce an open collaboration initiative in which we will distribute EUR 400.000 to creators of educational questionnaires".
20.000 stickers
"While Telegram has been the go-to place for stickers since they first appeared, until today there was no easy way to see the best stickers in one place. To solve this we created the new stickers directory, where you can browse and search among the more than 20.000 free high quality Telegram stickers that have been created in the last 5 years".
Others
- New attachment menu on Android: All sections of the attachment menu are now accessible as expandable layers, making the menu elegant, chic, and easier to use.
- MacOS improvements: Now they can access the shared multimedia straight from the redesigned profile pages.
- Target shooting: Now you can throw animated darts
in any chat to see who hits the target first.
In short, if you have not yet migrated to Telegram, it is important that you plan and carry it out, so that you stop using more insecure and proprietary applications, such as WhatsApp.
Conclusion
We hope this "useful little post" on cross-platform messaging app call «Telegram», which is increasingly used in the world, due to its fabulous features and functions, which in turn, has been worth it to reach the achievement, of 400 million users; be a lot interest and utility, For the whole «Comunidad de Software Libre y Código Abierto» and of great contribution to the diffusion of the wonderful, gigantic and growing ecosystem of applications of «GNU/Linux».
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The problem is always the same. No matter how good an app is, people don't want to change because of the network effect. In the end they are worth as an alternative when the first fails.
Greetings Manson! Thank you for your successful comment, however personally I have seen that my close circle of family, work and professional acquaintances now use Telegram and WhatsApp. And every time I see many more join, therefore, it is not only in case it fails, it is already becoming fashionable, therefore its continuous increase.
Go if it is useful, everything that gives visibility to free software (at the app level if it is, although later the question of servers is questioned) because the more visibility you have, the more people you can reach. So articles like this become essential, without any doubt.
Greetings Arazal! Thanks for your comment. It would not surprise me at all, that over time, and as Telegram accumulates users, it becomes completely a free and open app, down to the server level, since it is a technological trend that yields much commercial fruit at the business level.