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Holy crap people, READ things more carefully.
The vast majority of Telegram's new users are coming from WhatsApp; they're NOT mostly fascists from Parler.
Please don't let this split the great furry community on Telegram. Why let the fascists win? We were there first!
Also, Telegram has excellent privacy, abuse prevention and moderation features. We're not likely to have to deal with these people, and even if they do show up, giving them the banhammer is easy.
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It is not focused on any particular niche interest - everyone is welcome as long as you follow our code of conduct!
WhatsApp recently had a policy change where they're going to share more information, so people are jumping ship. And it's mostly users from other countries, NOT the USA.