angelfallz:

Overall functionality telegram is better. But WhatsApp has too many advantages like being the first messenger app to be widely used. Also, WhatsApp's integration with Facebook.

I think it's just over familiarity.

People are just used to WhatsApp.

Very true

KunleyY19:


And the no status update on Telegram will not allow some people port over. Especially the ladies.

What's ICQ?

Simpubozz:
That Telegram handler is a pro clown .., but I still prefer ICQ

lastchild:
if telegram carried half of the load whatsapp carries in their database, it'll shut down forever

that's a lie
telegram's tech is far more decentralised and new

I personally don't use WhatsApp
I only use Nairaland and telegram

trust me non users of telegram are missing a lot

suffering:
Telegram na program? Rubbish. I have the app. I use it only because a close friend of mine patronises it so he can avoid leeches on Whatsapp. I can receive a message this minute with it and not see a notification for two straight days. I can't trust profitable meetings to take place seamlessly on the app.

you don't know how to use it

telegram is safer and far far better and advanced

You wey dey talk, you dey reliable.....

shogsman:
Some of my friends have just received ads of millions of Facebook account datas just for a token, Instagram and whatsapp as well.
Only a fool won't have a backup for Whatsapp, because Zuckerberg is certainly not reliable.

jaeyking:
Telegram wey na only film and ngo works I dey use am for.

Dom turn to my chat go.

I miss WhatsApp status sha

if telegram get status
WhatsApp business don spoil be dat

abeg give me film channel link

suffering:
Telegram na program? Rubbish. I have the app. I use it only because a close friend of mine patronises it so he can avoid leeches on Whatsapp. I can receive a message this minute with it and not see a notification for two straight days. I can't trust profitable meetings to take place seamlessly on the app.

Telegram is more advanced than WhatsApp, their feature is topnatch.

Yes, that comes with being the first widely used messenger app.

SenatePresdo:


I think it's just over familiarity.

People are just used to WhatsApp.

theTranscriber:

if telegram get status
WhatsApp business don spoil be dat

abeg give me film channel link

Biko leave film talk one side

I am attracted to your moniker.

Are u truly into it

jaeyking:


Biko leave film talk one side

I am attracted to your moniker.

Are u truly into it

not really for business

but I have little knowledge sha

why u dey ask?

theTranscriber:
that's a lie
telegram's tech is far more decentralised and new

I personally don't use WhatsApp
I only use Nairaland and telegram

trust me non users of telegram are missing a lot

The question is, how many people use the telegram, i bet you that 90% of your contacts use whatsapp, so how do you connect to these people?

Decryptor:
People wey I dey pity are those who have their debit card details on Facebook especially those who buy and sell Facebook ads.

They will start receiving debit alerts soon.

I bought Facebook ads the last time in 2015 with my old card which has expired. I knew I shouldn't try it again with my new card because I couldn't trust that American Jew with my money.

Thank God for my gut thinking. It has saved me now!

**UPDATE**

It's happening already...

https://www.nairaland.com/6786419/bank-posting-debit-account-even

https://www.nairaland.com/6786395/please-access-bank-just-got

https://www.nairaland.com/6786438/access-bank-account-been-hacked

those that highjacked Facebook are not your credit card boys so don't worry about your $1000 they're not interested in $1000

That handler is a Nigerian??
..
The savageness is too baaadd

lastchild:
The question is, how many people use the telegram, i bet you that 90% of your contacts use whatsapp, so how do you connect to these people?

yeah that's the problem

but that is changing,most of my contacts are into crypto/forex stuff so they are coming to telegram

the ones that are not,I tell them to

telegram is far better
if telegram can add status, they'll double their users in a year

WhatsApp has higher privacy issues and it's too simple for a person like me
I like sophisticated stuff

Lolz.

telegram werey

Download KINGSCHAT app and thank me later

kristonium:
Even Telegram too dey show face!

Na wao

Before nko? Once upon a time, whatsapp was regarded as the poor man's blackberry.

angelfallz:
How is telegram too crowded?

Too many people in a group or channel. Numerous messages from groups and channels. I end up having thousands of messages that I can't even read sef.

angelfallz:
What's ICQ?

An instant messaging and VoIP app. It has been around for a while.. not just that popular. You can google it up

UwaMmebii:


Telegram is more advanced than WhatsApp, their feature is topnatch.

The only… why will I waste time debating a Nairalander? My opinion is my opinion.

theTranscriber:
you don't know how to use it

telegram is safer and far far better and advanced

It looks and feels no different from WhatsApp only inferior.

WhatsApp
Facebook
Instagram
To be crash in month of October is 150000 odds for Betking

suffering:
It looks and feels no different from WhatsApp only inferior.

you are obviously not techy

theTranscriber:
you are obviously not techy

Whatsapp is back. Telegram can go to blazes once again.

UTILITYMAY:
Whatever shade they like they should throw. Na them sabi. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are still universally accepted than them. They joy in the downfall of the most successful competitor! Shioor.

See where Telegram and Twitter is on the chart!

True, but don't forget Facebook and Whatsapp were nobodies before... and they replaced other apps/social spaces that seemed unstoppable. Remember MySpace? Yahoo? Netscape? Altavista?

suffering:
Whatsapp is back. Telegram can go to blazes once again.

the telegram community is growing

You'll see why in the future

julioralph:
Are these shutdowns in anyway linked to the Pandora Papers perhaps?

Linked to a whistleblower’s [Frances Haugen’s] interview about Facebook’s internal operations. More specifically about their algorithms; how they use it to ruin lives and ruin society.
I now understand why China doesn’t allow western apps to function freely there. Unregulated, social media can be severely destructive.

slawormiir:
Damnnn niggar
Very good.....

I love this......he pain mark Zuckerberg for chest
Me must celebrate Facebook down fall

Grab my wine bottle and pop it up....
To all my real niggarrrrs....if you are a niggar and Mark Zuckerberg don use face book and Instagram almost frustrate you... then you must be a real niggar....

Come join me lets celebrate

That horrible boy MUST fall.

SenatePresdo:
I think Telegram is better than WhatsApp.

Let's see the one Most Nairalanders prefers..

Click like For WhatsApp, and Share for Telegram.

Far better
Been using telegram for years,stickers are mad ,voice chat too even you the group is unlimited abeg telegram na bae