@mijustin is it possible that the point of this medium is to create lengthier pieces of content than would fit in a regular chat message, then link to to from within your chat medium? If so, then what establishes it as "yours" is your chat message that links to it (and supported by your name on the author field).
@mijustin@chrismessina in other words, I suspect telegraph is meant primarily to be used as a direct complement to telegram, as a means of better managing longer-form content while integrating cleanly
Whoa. @Telegram just launched a tiny editor-competitor to Medium (the UI is clearly derivative of Medium) called Telegra.ph (great domain). Fascinating! (You might also compare this with Slack's Post feature, except this is public-to-the-web.
Here's a sample.
For folks wondering about the comparison to Medium, here's how Medium's new story editor looks:
Compared with Telegraph's:
Are they the same? No. Are they similar? YES.
Even the commented-out editor buttons come right from Medium:
So far, the comparison goes skin deep, and not much deeper. Telegraph is more like a Medium-styled Pastebin, which is anonymous for now, but will eventually add authentication via Telegram so you can save your stories.
@telegram@chrismessina 4yr ago "ownership is coming soon" by Chris Messina -> Soon is a very long time lol
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People are really dumb to compare it to Medium. Completely missing the point. It is a minimalist stylish pastebin. Minimalist should not equal Medium. Some points: 1. Verification of authors can come from signed content using PGP and verification by end users who have their public key (which has always worked since PGP existed). 2. Great use case is journalists or activists under pen name in banned locations could post here without fear of retribution. 3. It needs a basic search index (and may already have one hidden somewhere).
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@jamescampbell I think the comparison to Medium comes more from the way it looks, rather than the way it works. You do make a good point and use case. Again, it all comes back to having a free, secure, and open platform to communicate, and in this case, spread a bigger message.
Would never call it an "answer to Medium". This miserable prototype has nothing o do with it. Just a Medium style editor, and that's it. No authentication. No social component.
@aramiggs People are too quick to make comparisons. This is literally just a text editor, probably to allow people to share thoughts quickly and securely.
Sadly enough, Twitter does not generate any kind of preview for Telegraph posts yet.
Also HTTPS seems not to be available / default option at the moment either.
Besides that, I must congratulate @Telegram team for such a minimalist yet powerful publishing solution. Just republished of my most recent posts on cybersecurity here.
@deronsizemore I don't get it too. Why would somebody prefer this closed platform over open WWW?
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@deronsizemore This thread is quite old but I'll share my experience anyway. I live in a country where there is a lot of censorship and political repression. If I want to make a blog post about a controversial topic without compromising my identity, Telegraph gives me the opportunity to do that privately and securely. It is a narrow use case but makes a big difference for some people.
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