Why don't we have an unofficial telegram channel?

[Churchillvv]

Every one has same opinion about your idea which means it's not good!

I've always said that the most vulnerable place for scammers to capture users is in a group or channel imagine we all getting into a group and a phishing link is sent over there will malicious encryption to steal informations from our devices, isn't that just a big trap for us all?

Privacy is most priority of many, over there on telegram it's no privacy ground.

[Cryptoprincess101]

If we have a telegram group or channel, what are we going to be discussing there that we don't discuss here on this forum?
Telegram = scammers den, why will i want to be so active in such scamming app?
Creating a telegram channel will result in breach of privacy. I like the privacy I enjoy here so i wouldn't want to move to an app where my privacy will be jeopardized.

[Royal Cap]

In my opinion, if the Bitcoinalk Notification Telegram bot is activated on your Telegram. Then I don't think we need any other Telegram group. And through that Telegram Notifier bot. We are getting all kinds of updates. And we are coming to BitcoinTalk to discuss. And if we had a Telegram group, then we would not come to this forum after getting notifications, we would discuss there. In that case, the value of this forum may decrease. And so in my opinion, the Telegram Notifier bot is enough.

[BitBakerr1]

This is your own opinion and everyone is entitled to there own opinion however I will like to ask, is there anything good that having a telegram channel will bring or offer this forum?

This forum has all the features that is needed for communication and discussion, if you have a question that you feel you don't want to bring it to the public you can look for any member here and PM them and they will reply you.

Again I will like to remind you OP that this forum is meant or created by satoshi nakamoto for discussion purpose and currently that purpose is been carried out very well here no need for additional social media account except you are telling me there's a good purpose for it and I will love to hear it.

[Alpha Marine]

To what ends?
What can be done on Telegram that can't be done on the forum? I don't see a need for a Telegram group or channel. Also, a group will just have different people talking about different things at the same time, unlike this forum, where it has been divided into various boards, and different discussions are being had, and you have to comment based on the discussion.
There is the issue of scams on Telegram. Different people will get a lot of spam and scam messages in their inbox from the group.
I don't see the need for a telegram group.

[Ultegra134]

If we have a telegram group or channel, what are we going to be discussing there that we don't discuss here on this forum?
Telegram = scammers den, why will i want to be so active in such scamming app?
Creating a telegram channel will result in breach of privacy. I like the privacy I enjoy here so i wouldn't want to move to an app where my privacy will be jeopardized.

Well, Telegram could be used to make quick questions and to avoid opening another thread, especially if it's coming from a newbie, and some regular chit-chat that doesn't align with the forum or isn't worth discussing it in the forum. It's a lot more direct as well. It won't steer off users from using the forum, it wouldn't mean to replace regula topics etc, it's just a more direct way of communicating. I'll have to agree though, Telegram is a scammer's paradise and this reason alone makes it a liability. Perhaps an integrated live-chat on the forum wouldn't be a bad idea, it's not necessary, but could be an interesting addition.

[PX-Z]

Aside from scams, people who have grudge on those people here especially towards on DT or anyone will have easy way to communicate, to spam you, give threats, blackmail, etc., That's what will you get after opening a Telegram group, well, there's a mod to delete unnecessary chats, but that will be another work to do. I knew there is a Discord channel already, it should be used instead.

[_BlackStar]

I personally don't think an official telegram group is necessary - but for some small group of people can create their own for one reason or another. Bitcointalk is more than enough for me if the purpose is to have discussions - but of course not all of us can be active all the time in front of the monitor to respond to everything. Social media like Telegram is certainly good for quick response from users - but I think it can easily turn into a haven for scammers.

[JiiBs]

It would make a lot of sense since most of us are on there.

Relevant threads on the forum:

bitcointalk on telegram
Bitcointalk Telegram Group
Official bitcointalk telegram channel

Some are a bit spammy, but these were the only topics I could find on the issue.

To avoid issues with inactivity, I think a moderator would have to create it.

Do we really need these?
I think the activities we have on here is okay and I saw a thread that discussed on the drop in activities on the forum, a telegram group of any form would further lead to this drop and we would face the challenge of organization.

We see how the forum is organized in such a way that, there is a grouping to just whatever you want to discuss on. I don’t see how we would archive that with telegram without making a very crappy wall and you are so right that, their would be lots of spams and users that would try to share phishing links.

Just another ton of work for moderators.

[Perfectbaby]

This sounds good but don't you think is double task?
Some one who will be active doing that task and moderating people comments, besides when a telegram group is created you would have no privacy and also it would encourage scammer to flood in those groups since whenever someone is being scammed they can easily rush to change their username and possibly delete the account. But here you can set your profile whom to receive messages from and whom not to receive, although i still remembered that this same feature is applicable to telegram but, I could remember a story shared by fillippone where someone had his telegram username and started giving him pressure to go review his profile for meriting. This would encourage newbies disturbing and sending out unsolicited messages to people here. For me the forum is okay and is the best way to communicate and nothing is hidden over here.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Actually its not bad either to have an official telegram group. Yes people think its hub for scammers, it doesnt mean all users will joim there are scammers.

If reputable members here will join there how come it will be flagged with scammers? Also the creator could set it up to private so anyone who can only join are the real users from forum.

Tell me how come there will be scam attempt if thats the case. Sometimes users judge easily an app that they werent so familiar.

[FinneysTrueVision]

This forum isn’t that great for engaging in casual conversation. It’s not a terrible idea, but I think most people would struggle to find enough things in common with other members of the forum and that might make it difficult to get conversations going.

[_act_]

I mean like how we already have an unofficial Discord group created by Cyrus.

Anyone can create one about it and make it unofficial but there are many ways people try to scam on Telegram. Although people should learn how to avoid scam and I think reputed members on this forum can easily avoid scammers. But such place is not for me as I prefer just this forum. I still think some people may join and scammers will target them.

[Z_MBFM]

Where this forum is a discussion forum, why is there a need for a Telegram group? Any kind of discussion can be done here and there is a personal message system for personal discussions. So why should create telegram group/channel for this forum users, where must of the scammers use telegram.

No one creates any Telegram group or channel unofficially because the users of this forum who do so will have to take responsibility if anything happens there. And all the high ranking users of this forum know very well how important the responsibility of this forum is.

[Peanutswar]

I guess no need anymore afaik we have a discord server already and even that is does not have an active people making conversation too so I guess no need for the telegram group, also there's a lot of scammers right there already and for me I consider its enough to have the forum.

[Pablo-wood]

This will give rise to heavy scam reports and spamming. If we have a telegram channel some users might join with multiple accounts and as we know already with  different names,  names from that which is known by forum users which will eventually become a powerful tool for scamming. Also newbies will want to impersonate, old users too will see a good avenue to practice some illicit act just because the are appear in the channel with a different name. Lastly people will lose their privacy because we will have high record of unsolicited PMs.

[Mrbluntzy]

Here on the forum, there are still too many scammers trying to scam people but it's difficult for them because we have some sensitive members here who pay close attention to detect and expose scams before anyone fall victim, if there's an unofficial telegram channel of this forum, it could attract scammers because of how telegram is already being used to scam people, scammers can easily use someone else's user name to pretend like the real person just to scam people. Here on the forum, every communication can still be done effectively via PMs.

[uchegod-21]

no

likely turn into scammers paradise

It will be a gateway to many more scam dramas in the reputation and scam accusation boards.
Also, having a telegram group for this big and most decorated crypto forum will mean a big endorsement of telegram. Will the CEO reciprocate or pay for this?
Some years back, I have joined some discord channels of BTT, I didn't know how it happened or happens till now.

[I_Anime]

Telegram has a reputation of being a haven for scammers and since scam is not moderated on bitcointalk you can imagine how it’s going to be when we have an official bitcointalk channel on telegram. Scammers would jump on the opportunity to scam newbies of whatever crypto they have in their wallets.

Exactly , I don’t really see a strong reason for us to have Telegram channels.It will only give scammers the opportunity to find more victims for their schemes. And that place is like their territory , and some will spam there with some irrelevant links (even phishing link ) , beside we can do most of the things here apart from posting random links , we can also communicate with wide range of users here . So is better this way that the only bitcointalk telegram related stuff in telegram is the bitcointalk telegram notifier for now.

[skarais]

An official telegram channel or unofficial for bitcointalk forum might not be considered important by admin so far, that's why we don't have one. Besides, many of bitcointalk users really want to protect their privacy and don't want to connect with many people outside bitcointalk for security reasons, so I don't think this idea will be realized. If I was given a choice like voting, I would vote no for this idea.