I'm hoping that HOWL is developing a unique platform and not just another app using the Telegram API. Please do all you can to avoid the disaster known as GetGems which had a similar concept (Social Messaging App).
Wasn't GetGems from the same people as CoinDash? I think it is.
I wouldn't compared this project to GetGems, since GetGems had less to do with an actual product, and more to do with shady people stealing money from people who invested. Scammers.
Not to say that I'm saying that the Dev should use the Telegram APIs.