Telegram, Signal were popular even before WhatsApp crashed
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
The planet stalled last week when Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram all went offline. The problem was caused by an annoying configuration change, a bug that may have cost Facebook and its properties a lot in terms of revenue and users.
Telegram announced shortly after that it added 70 million users to its ranks after the crash, and we can imagine other WhatsApp rivals like Signal having their fair share on board too. But were you one of those people who signed up with these two WhatsApp rivals or an alternative chat app during this time? We asked our readers in this latest poll, and the results are here.
Did you log into Signal or Telegram when Facebook services went down?
Results
In this poll, published on October 6, 2021, we saw over 1,700 votes. 62.3% of these respondents were using “one of these two services” before the big Facebook outage in 2021.
Interestingly, 17.9% of readers decided to wait and see, resisting the urge to sign up for an alternative messaging platform.
A total of 18.3% of readers signed up for either Telegram or Signal, the majority (10.3%) for the latter. After all, 1.5% of those polled in this survey totaled signed up for another messaging service.
Your comments
- Stanley Jason: Signal is basically just one Telegram feature, namely Secret Chats. So I prefer to stick with a more versatile app.
- FNU Vikas: I deleted the WhatsApp account when they updated their T & Cs to share data with FB. I switched to Telegram, it’s light years ahead of WhatsApp.
- roaduardo: It doesn’t make sense if you can’t convince your contacts to switch too. That’s the biggest problem here. It’s all about the people you talk to all the time. Which service they use. What if you want to use a new one? Good luck trying to bring them with you.
- Bmswad1: Discord is good too.
- Sang Ngaihte: Google Messages… I like this app. I can send pictures and video clips. As long as I have an internet connection.
That’s it for this poll. Thanks for voting and commenting. If you have any other thoughts, please leave a comment below.
