Yeah - I've thought similar before. As an admin of an open group, the platform seems to be a hub for scammers, impersonators, sex workers & drug dealers. This type of user seems to be easily created & then sent off to fish for gullible users. On a centralised platform this kind of activity should be relatively easy to stamp out, but it's not. I know of several users who've been scammed by impersonators over the years.

I can only assume there's a way to pay to easily create "worker" accounts.

There's also a strong incentive to quietly sell user or chat data to third parties.

It's only a matter of time before I walk away from all the telegram groups I'm in. I really dislike it.