We should politely yet sternly encourage those people to unlearned these bad behavior patterns.

-- encryption in calls (by default) and in chats (optional).
Discord has, servers and better screen sharing, I suppose?

TG has a more clear, snappier UI, more robust messaging option (stuff like silent, timed messages etc.), saved messages tab, search function which has sorting by attachment types, very high, if not functionally unlimited attachment size limit, built-in proxy functionality, --

I mean, TG is objectively the better messaging program though. Discord is slow and glitchy and just isn't a great experience for DMs.

and sharing through text with complete strangers is pleasant because i dont really have to express how i feel linguistically in realtime and its easier to structure my thoughts without having everything sounding like gibberish and i get to have different voices on it without getting attached myself