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.

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: @PreVerify

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 @PreVerify!

- "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.

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 :)

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)

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 🙃

Introducing Join Verify!

Never deal with Spam, Adverts, or Disruption from User Bots ever again ✌️

Real users can easily verify themselves to chat. Enable it now with /JoinVerify! :)

There is only one thing more pathetic than making Telegram bots.

Making user bots. Essentially, these look just like normal accounts, but are actually bots designed to spam, advertise in, and otherwise disrupt popular groups.

While tools like Join Lock have helped, they are not perfect because they make it way more difficult for actual people to join your group, just so that user bots can't - that sucks, big time. What you need is an easy (and fun?) way for humans to prove they're human, but easily filter out user bots.

Next week, I will announce a new @CalsiBot feature which does just that - if you want to test this out early, contact me

In other news, /ruffle is now a thing 🙃

/preview is already the 9th most used command 😳

From today, when @CalsiBot sees a message that can be previewed, it will just do it!

You can fine-tune this behavior with /AutoPreview 😌

🆕🔊

You can now /preview any MP3 file! Other filetypes will work too, if encoded correctly