“We've had surges of downloads before,” Durov wrote.
Telegram, he said, now had a population of more than half a billion. On January 8, Durov did take to his public channel-but only to hail Telegram's huge global growth and to trash-talk Facebook, which he claimed had a whole team dedicated to figuring out “why Telegram is so popular.” On January 12, Durov posted again to celebrate the arrival of 25 million new users over the previous 72 hours. He forwarded these to Durov, recommending that he speak to the media. Sure enough, in the following days, Campo started getting questions from journalists about the mass adoption of Telegram by America's far right. Fears unassuaged, Campo stayed up until the early hours staring at his screens. If necessary, the CEO added, he might post something on his own public channel on Telegram.
“Compared to the growth we're having from the WhatsApp terms-of-service change, this is insignificant, and just in the US narrative,” Campo recalls Durov replying. Durov, Campo says, threw cold water on his concerns about the rush of Trump supporters.
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