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		tripzilch on Aug 22, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Telegram messaging app proves crucial to Belarus p... People in different parts of the world differ HUGELY in what instant-messaging communications platform they use. For instance people in the US still use text-messaging to a significant percentage. That's hard for me to believe as well. It's no use looking at Telegram's world usage, that's for sure.

kube-system on Aug 22, 2020 [–]

Maybe Telegram is popular in Belarus, but there is one thing that is true all over the world: rates of technology literacy and access is lower for the old/poor/rural.

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