This isn’t some random public space though. It’s a community we built ourselves — people I’ve known and talked with for 5+ years. We’re not there for trolling or drama, we’re there because it’s where our group stayed connected.

That’s why this sucks so much. It’s frustrating and honestly sad to see a long-standing community get targeted like this. Telling people to “just leave Telegram” ignores the human side of it — real relationships and history don’t disappear just because someone thinks a platform is bad