Are TELEGRAM GROUPS useful for discussing escorts?

[Roger Smith]

Has anyone here used Telegram groups to discuss escorts?   Or has anyone here ever used Telegram groups to find and connect with escorts?

Having learned how the platform works, it seems like it would be a useful platform for either of these purposes.  But how would you go about finding such groups if they existed?

It seems like this archaic - albeit lovely - platform for discussing such things can't be the only way.  

[+ Pensant]

Let us know what you discover!

[Johnnyroad]

Seems potentially risky if one person’s conduct within the telegram group is criminal. Note that this is likely the case, given that folks are either selling *** or buying *** for money. There are then folks that some providers call the cops on.

 

If all of you are in the same group chat, and your phone numbers can identify you, that’s not great. 

[soloyo215]

My question is what gives that particular platform an advantage. Based on my research, it seems like the selling point for that platform is its privacy, which tells me that it's not private.

[DznNYC]

1 hour ago, Johnnyroad said:

 

If all of you are in the same group chat, and your phone numbers can identify you, that’s not great. 

 

Telegram gives you the option to hide your phone number, so it seems to be one of the safer chat platforms in terms of anonymity.  

[DMonDude]

I'm sure Telegram groups of people discussing escorts exist, but I'm not sure it'd really be drastically more or less useful than this forum though. Same thing just in a more modern "group chat" user interface compared to the "forum" interface. You could argue the Telegram group would be more focused on just discussing escorts whereas this forum has many sub-forums for non-escort related topics. Group chat interface though means there's no topics, no organization, you have to scroll through everyone's posts and side tangents, etc. 

Maybe a Telegram group could be better for discussing/sharing escorts specifically with people you know in real life who also hire and do so locally to where you are. Also could be good for discussing escorts who are operating via word of mouth only and don't advertise on RentMen and other sites. As this forum rightfully has rules against posting non-public info like social media or real names of guys if it's not specifically listed on their escort ad (we have to DM each other here for that if desired).

To @soloyo215's and @DznNYC's points too. There's privacy related things to be aware of. Telegram does have end to end encryption via a feature called Secret Chats. However, it's important to know that this is only for one on one messages, is not on by default, and you have to turn it on for each specific chat individually. Telegram groups can be closed/invite only, but Telegram groups are not secure or private or encrypted. Plenty of people take that risk with trusted groups regularly and it's fine more often than not, but Telegram groups also get leaked/exposed sometimes because a scorned member posts screenshots or because someone gets caught and investigated. And if it ever got that far, Telegram would have the full chat logs and tied directly to your phone number (which you have to provide to make an account, but you can hide your number from fellow Telegram users in favor of a screen name) to hand over if subpoenaed. Not to say this forum doesn't have similar risk, they have our emails and IP addresses. But a VPN and burner email helps with obfuscation there.

Edited Sunday at 04:11 PM by DMonDude