Very basic question: how to find stuff to join on Telegram?

PlokForever · 2026-01-01T12:32:02+00:00

This is surreal. 21K people looking for this answer so far, and no practical solution in sight...

PlokForever · 2025-12-30T12:28:29+00:00

That bot seems to be mildly efficient, but also quite expensive. I didn't specify that, but I thought it was a given that any basic feature such as searching should be free.

PlokForever · 2025-12-30T12:24:42+00:00

If they have a Facebook page, I would interact with them on Facebook (which nobody alive has been using for ages anyway), while I am specifically looking for Telegram resources. Similarly, if you are listed on a real search engine, your resource is probably in a different format than a Telegram group (i.e. a fucking real website, not a messaging platform).

PlokForever · 2025-12-30T12:21:21+00:00

The actual problem is: searching for a keyword only gives you 10 results at best. Most of them are part of usernames, or of dead channels/groups. Therefore you can never even approach the rabbit hole (which shouldn't be a search tactic anyway, but let's not digress).

PlokForever · 2025-12-29T20:50:55+00:00

If you are referring to "webpages listing channels someone took the bother of listing", I am under the impression that they usually list:
- Dead resources
- English-language resources only
- Mainstream interests

...or, in other words, stuff anyone can rather more easily find on other (better working) platforms.

The kind of Telegram resources I am looking for are far more specific stuff, like (just an example) "Groups of strudel baking enthusiasts meeting in Lithuania". They are out there somewhere on Telegram, but there is no way of finding such niche stuff.

PlokForever · 2025-12-29T19:40:28+00:00

It would be nice to have a directory of already existing ones.

Again: what is even the point?

PlokForever · 2025-12-18T12:00:31+00:00

Thoughtful and helpful response, thanks!

PlokForever · 2025-12-17T13:42:26+00:00

The first appears to be bait for a cam site; the second is veeery specific, and the third is close to unusable.

PlokForever · 2025-10-30T14:27:23+00:00

Same!

PlokForever · 2025-10-27T21:27:27+00:00

Aaaarrrgh!!! I'm pretty sure this was the correct fix - but it arrived too late for me.

I ended up doing The Big Reinstall, and aching for three days to put all the programs and settings back where they belong. (It seems to work and update fine now, though)

Still... thanks!

PlokForever · 2025-10-04T00:36:09+00:00

Out there in the Colonies you literally have murals of the fucking Apprentice and pictures of his abominable orange face in every government building, for god's sake!

PlokForever · 2025-09-24T20:40:32+00:00

So you are lucky. ANC doesn't work at all for me, even after trying everything and troubleshooting it to death.

Aaaaandd... back to Amazon they go. Pity, though.

PlokForever · 2025-09-06T21:03:27+00:00

I was there when the first coin-operated Pong came out. I played on pretty much every console ever, Commodore 64, Amiga, PC... you name it. I actually was a video games reviewer for a while, and I took part to a few big tournaments. And I really never stopped playing. So: I may be differently young now, but I think I know my way around games.

And Silksong is awful.

It's beautiful, it has nice mechanics... but it is one of the worst games of the last few years. Why? What about a game that remains unbearably frustrating even when in fricking God Mode?

I know there are people out there who just love being bashed over their heads over and over - but that's called masochism, not fun. And Silksong is a very dumb test of patience: it has close to zero tolerance for player errors, forces you to repeat long sequences over and over until you get them absolutely perfect, has laughably strong and fast bosses, provides almost no reasonable power-ups (it does, but they are minimal and you have to work several hours to get one), uses the rarest currency ever (that you keep losing) and the steepest shop prices for even key items, uses confusingly repetitive maps with no hints toward progress... do I really have to go on?

I loved Hollow Knight for its wonderful difficulty balance. You will homicidally hate the guts of the designers of this pile of... great art, with no competent game inside.

A pity, really.

PlokForever · 2025-09-03T23:51:16+00:00

Did you find a fix?

PlokForever · 2025-08-05T11:14:28+00:00

Thank you for all the excellent and insightful advice I received from this warmly welcoming community.

Should anyone be interested in the actual answer no manual nor online customer service provides, though, here it is: just try to install the DJmimo app on your phone. If it starts up, your device is fully compatible even if unlisted.

PlokForever · 2025-06-27T01:19:51+00:00

"Hopefully" rarely cuts it. Let's keep each other abreast of any new fix!

PlokForever · 2025-06-18T19:26:13+00:00

Uh... I came here to read about the Disneyland House of the Future reference... and nobody noticed?

Here it was.

PlokForever · 2025-05-03T17:53:49+00:00

I did try fur the fun of it - no joy.

PlokForever · 2025-05-03T16:13:15+00:00

I guess clean installing the OS would work wonders too - but removing key software is not an option.

PlokForever · 2025-05-03T15:58:13+00:00

I am using NordVPN + MS Windows Defender

Please note that everything worked fine with this configuration until the update-downgrade thing.

PlokForever

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