So the value it is producing is for you as the service provider on the hype. If the whole notion of "I set up a service because there was so much demand form friends" is even to be believed nowadays...

You think he implemented those thousands of integrations himself? Or maybe some particular tool was used that can be used again for implementing such things? Particular tool that so many of us use as well?

It was obviously largely by the community. Just take a look at PRs.

Question is, will the community continue with this level of engagement on the project now that it has OpenAI stamp on it?

I highly doubt. A fork? Maybe.

Lurkkit seems very nice!

Please, tell more?

unknown entity is harassing me (my guess - local Latvian secret service which has been grabbed by the balls by internal conflict of Russian secret services (GRU, FSB and whatnot)) via audible microwave radiation (using Frey effect - similar shit Venezuelan guard brains got cooked but on lower intensity and different signal processing) voice message transmissions. effectively - society spits out, neutralizes and isolates unwanted elements and marks them as schizophrenics https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45957619

Few reasons:

1. Habit. We're used to use Telegram for everything: news sources, social network, messaging, memes. Telegram has more capabilities than other apps. You can't realistically move your family and friends to another messaging app because of all of that and the network effect.

2. General attitude of all people towards privacy and sharing data: they don't really care. It's "Who would even care about my data?" and "I've got nothing to hide" all the way.

I doubt most of people ever thought about the topic of trusting a messaging app. It's not the framework they operate in.

There are two global psyops done by I don't know who:

1. That Bitcoin is safe and anonymous.

2. That Telegram is super safe for whatever shady or private stuff you want to do.

One of the best marketing campaigns ever.

I would also want to use this chance to alert everyone who uses Telegram that:

1. It's not e2e by default.

2. They use proprietary encryption protocol. You don't have access to code.

3. I don't think Telegram is profitable, I don't know how it can be with that scale. Which makes you wonder.

4. If you open in-message links, you have a chance of losing your account to hackers thanks to the old vulnerability that hasn't been fixed for years. You literally have to check the list of devices connected to your account every 12 hours if you want to be safe.

Oh man, this is my jam. I remember seeing this kind of puzzles in a Martin Gardner's book. Thank you :)

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed!

Will look up his book.

What an achievement.

Thank you for showing this. I am slowly working on a book with a similar goal as yours. Your book is very interesting and inspiring. Your work might have gone unnoticed by most, but not by me. Big respect for sticking to it and not giving up.

Thanks! Feel free to DM me if you'd like to collaborate, I would really love to hear more from you. People often ignore this kind of work, but at least I had the courage to share it.