The Telegram app has been popular since WhatsApp announced that it will be sharing data with Facebook and its subsidiaries. COLlive.com has added Telegram to its large social media presence with over 50,000 followers. Full story
By COLlive staff
The Telegram messaging app marked a sudden increase in downloads after major rival WhatsApp announced it would enable Facebook Inc and its subsidiaries to collect user data, including their phone number and location.
According to data analytics firm Sensor Tower, Telegram has garnered nearly 2.2 million downloads and 100,000 users have installed a similar Signal app.
In response to increasing requests, COLlive.com, the leading news service of the Chabad community based in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights, has opened an account on Telegram Messenger where it will post important news alerts and stories of the day.
The new service is managed by the COLlive social media team that manages the popular social media pages:
@COLliveOfficial on Instagram with nearly 32,000 followers
@COLlive on Facebook with over 14,000 followers
@COLliveNuus on Twitter with 2,700 followers
COLlive WhatsApp broadcasts to more than 4000 numbers
“We have seen tremendous growth in our direct readership on our website over the past year,” he said. Mica Soffer, Publisher of COLlive.com. “We also want to keep in touch with our many followers who are specifically on social media.”
Join @COLlivenews on Telegram Messenger: https://t.me/COLliveNews