Since Join Verify was released, it has:
- Been enabled in ~450 groups
- Verified ~19,400 members as human
- Blocked ~2,700 spammers from sending messages

This is great, but today we take it one step further - with Time Limits.

With Join Verify Time Limits, you can choose how long members have to Verify themselves as human. CalsiBot can then automatically ban them, if they don't Verify within this period.

This helps ensure that not only can spam bots not talk in your group, but they also cannot see messages, or harvest data.

Thank you to everyone who suggested this :)

😵 Now, there have been over 1.2 MILLION fish caught. This is so amazing to me, for something that started as a small inside-joke in one group, to now have this much activity.

You can now catch Squid and Crocodiles! The two most-wanted from the old poll

There is a NEW POLL above for you to vote in, and a new Christmas Trophy Fish is available to those who catch a Squid and a Crocodile before the New Year...There is also a 2019 New Year Trophy Fish for those who catch a Fish on Jan 1st 2019 🥰🐟

2018-12-31 - @CalsiBot Update

It's new years time again! I hope you all are having a wonderful day/evening/night/why-the-hell-are-you-awake-right-now, and that 2019 is a year of happiness for you.

Also, I've apparently never mentioned that in additon to /hug, and /pat - /ruffle, /cuddle, and /snuggle also exist. Now is as good a time as any to try them out, if that is news to you!

Updates/Notes:
- AutoPreview and Preview will be deprecated (removed), because Telegram will fully support streaming for both Audio and Video files soon! Woop! If there's any reason you can think of why this feature removal shouldn't happen, please let me know
- Some behind-the-scenes tweaks to message handling
- Improvements to Join Limit and its friends to be ready for Telegram's upcoming revamp of the group permissions system
- Many thanks for your continued support and love for this weird bot 💕
- Don't forget to collect your once in a lifetime 2019 New Year /TrophyFish by catching at least one fish before the 2nd!

2018-02-20 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
- No Verify? No problem. Banned spambots will no longer leave behind an annoying wall of "🤖 xyz was automatically removed" messages. For attentive admins, this information will still be available in the group's Recent Actions log.

- Forwarded messages are now ignored, so you can finally share your /fish or /roll success stories with your friends, without accidently triggering the bot.

- New /slap insults...because why not 🙃

2019-06-01 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
- Added /bane, because there is no true despair without hope.

Updated:
- Join Verify (now enabled in ~9,000 active groups) got smarter:
Cool manual Trust, and Ban buttons for Admins
Can handle normal bots properly
Users added by Admins are automatically Trusted.

2019-09-02 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
- CalsiBot now supports Group Permissions!
⚠️ This means that if you have allowed all members to Pin Messages or Change Group Info, they will now be able to perform those actions (and a few more) using bot commands - you can find the full list at the end of this post.

- Added /unban (same as /unrestrict but easier to type and remember)

Updated:
- /MyFish and /TrophyFish now work in groups even when fishing is disabled
- /dox revamp
- Fixed an error in /SetWelcome where it would never set the Welcome Message (thanks to my 🇿🇦 friends)
- Improved translations (/tr English and others now work as expected, without having to be lowercase)
- /name now always shows the name in full, without any truncation

Notes:
- With the "Pin Messages" Group Permission enabled, all members will be able to use:
/pin and /unpin (more info)

- With the "Change Group/Chat Info" Group Permission enabled, all members will be able to use:
/EnableFishing and /DisableFishing (AKA /EnableFish and /DisableFish)
/title and /chatname (AKA /cn) (more info)
/pfp (more info)
/SetWelcome and /RemoveWelcome (AKA /DeleteWelcome)

Almost by accident, @CalsiBot has become the best Group Administration bot.

Many people tell me that they want to use CalsiBot for Group Admin, but they can't because all the fun commands (/hug, /roll, /fish, etc.) get in the way too much.

I'm very happy to announce:
/AdminMode!

This disables all "fun" commands so that you aren't forced to use crappy, data-stealing, privacy-invading, badly-coded, constantly-dying alternatives. 😌

I'm confident that combined with being able to speak multiple languages (coming soon) this brings CalsiBot even closer to perfection.

Many thanks for your heartwarming feedback :)

🌐 CalsiBot Now Speaks Multiple Languages

To switch language, just send /language or /languages

Finished and checked for quality:
– Italian (Italiano) – Thanks Casa!
– French (Français) – Thanks Pierre!

Finished, but need your help to improve quality:
– German (Deutsche)
– Russian (Pусский)
– Spanish (Español)

If you'd like to help, ALL of CalsiBot's language files are publicly available on GitHub:
https://github.com/CalsiBotDev/CalsiBot

💡 Tip: Switching your language also changes the default language of /translate & /tr.

📊 Poll: Choose which language CalsiBot should support next.

2020-02-14 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
💞 You can now reply to people with /marry to propose to them - if they accept, you will be married! 🎉

Keep /marry-ing the same person to gain Children, Houses and Net Worth - oh, and of course, Happiness 🙂.

🖤 If things start to go badly, you can also /divorce people who you are married to. This will end your marriage (and tell you how long it lasted).

The Children, Houses and Net Worth you gained together will all go to the female be randomly distributed between you. So it's possible to get completely screwed over, just like in real life 😎.

📊 To keep track of your adventures, use /MarryStats - this will be updated with more data once I get feedback from you, so please send me any ideas you have.

So, will you be single and pure? Marry only one person? Propose to every person who even dares to type in chat? Marry those you appreciate to show them some love? Or something else entirely?!

It's all up to you, and all under your control. 😌❤️

💞 You can now reply to people with /marry to propose to them!

📌 Tap here for all the details

Use /PreVerify to generate stunning posts, letting users verify before they join your groups.

Many use channels with public usernames to link to private groups - the channel is an "entry portal".

PreVerify lets you secure such portals while gaining the following benefits:

✅ Prevents harvesting of members and data [1]
✅ Protects you from spam bots which rely on normal invite links
✅ Reduces the number of real people not verifying [2]

[1] JoinVerify will kick automatically, but some userbots fetch member lists and spam members in private - or spy on messages
PreVerify solves this problem by not allowing them to join at all.

[2] In extremely busy groups, joining members may miss the request to verify
PreVerify solves this problem by making it clear and easy to verify and join.

Bonus: PreVerify posts are dynamic. Over time, they will automatically get updates to make them look even better, and maybe even some seasonal spices (decorations) to keep them looking fresh. :)

See how PreVerify looks: @PreVerifyExample

✨ Sticker Packs Made Easy!

Create, Add to and Manage Sticker Packs with CalsiBot!

Add any Stickers or Photos to your packs, without having to worry about file types, dimensions, or anything else boring... 😴

Send /Stickers to see all sticker-related commands, and create your first pack using the button below:

2020-12-19 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
- /ListCommands returns! See a clickable list of basically every CalsiBot command
To protect the most simple-minded blue-text-clickers, /kickme is shown, but can't be clicked

- CalsiBot will now (after a short grace period) leave groups that restrict it from being able to send any messages. Giving full attention to the remaining, more important, groups.

Updated:
- PreVerify received its first seasonal makeover, for winter.
Smart groups who use a PreVerify portal can enjoy the new design there.
Tip: You can always check how the current theme looks by checking @PreVerifyExample!

- "sed" text replacement gained an auto-deletion mode and auto-tries case-insensitive matching if nothing changed without it, more info here
- /when was redesigned and now has a new mode if used on non-forwarded messages
- /Fish for various festive animals and items
- Catch something to claim your once-in-a-lifetime 2020 /TrophyFish
- Get real lucky on the 24th, and maybe you'll catch your first "Santa"...if you don't already have one

Notes:
- Thanks to all who made Stickers such a huge success. To date:
- ~15,000 unique packs have been created
- ~290,000 (😱) stickers have been added

Especially to all those in the feedback and testing group who helped test this feature first, ensuring that it was perfect for everybody else.

2022-04-29 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
A complete rewrite of CalsiBot went live, powered by the excellent "grammY" bot framework, which turned one years old today!

Bot Devs: feel free to check out the grammY website (beginner friendly!), channel and GitHub.

✨ Introducing Dynamic Sticker Packs!

Starting today, CalsiBot Sticker Packs can have ANY type of sticker added to them.

Add Stickers (static, tgs-animated and webm-video), Photos, GIFs, or Videos to your packs, without having to worry about file types, dimensions, or anything else boring... 😴

Send /Stickers to see all sticker-related commands, and create your first DYNAMIC pack using the button below:

2022-12-24 - @CalsiBot Update

New:
- CalsiBot is now available in Indonesian!
- Thanks to careful and amazing work by dzL
- Translations are public. Anyone can view and improve them:
- https://github.com/CalsiBotDev/CalsiBot
- Thanks for voting in the last language poll, it is now closed.
- A new feature poll is available. Vote!

- Added /donate
- For more than 5 years, CalsiBot has enjoyed ~100% uptime, while being 100% self-funded
- Tens of millions of messages are processed every day. For free.
- For the first time ever, you can now choose to donate to CalsiBot
- Individuals who donate any amount can request to be personally credited
- Individuals or projects who donate large amounts can customize their credit text & link
- Other cool ways to support will become available soon, including sponsoring successful verifications

- See a list of translators and donators who make CalsiBot possible with /credits
- You can now catch your 2023 Christmas Trophy /fish!

Updated:
- Added many new /slap insults

Please enjoy this holiday season, take some time for yourself. ☃️❤️‍🔥