Anonymous messages from the chat administration
In the upcoming Telegram update, supergroup administrators will be able to send anonymous messages.
This is reported by the official bot, which is designed for backward compatibility with older versions of the messenger.
@GroupAnonymousBot
In the upcoming Telegram update, supergroup administrators will be able to send anonymous messages.
This is reported by the official bot, which is designed for backward compatibility with older versions of the messenger.
@GroupAnonymousBot
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Comments in Telegram
The Beta version of Telegram for Android now has inline comments on posts. They are based on the function of linking a chat to a channel.
To activate comments, you need to link the chat to the channel.
A user leaving a comment on a post writes a message to the chat without joining it.
If the chat is prohibited from sending messages, media, or slow mode is enabled, these restrictions will apply to comments.
#Android
The Beta version of Telegram for Android now has inline comments on posts. They are based on the function of linking a chat to a channel.
To activate comments, you need to link the chat to the channel.
A user leaving a comment on a post writes a message to the chat without joining it.
If the chat is prohibited from sending messages, media, or slow mode is enabled, these restrictions will apply to comments.
#Android
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New menu in chat
In the beta version of Telegram for Android 7.1, a new menu has appeared in the chat. It is called by a long press on the avatar.
If you hold down an avatar, you can see an enlarged avatar and useful buttons below it: open a dialog or go to a profile. This also works with a repost from a linked channel. If you select a user, an additional "Mention" item appears, which also works with users without usernames.
#Android
In the beta version of Telegram for Android 7.1, a new menu has appeared in the chat. It is called by a long press on the avatar.
If you hold down an avatar, you can see an enlarged avatar and useful buttons below it: open a dialog or go to a profile. This also works with a repost from a linked channel. If you select a user, an additional "Mention" item appears, which also works with users without usernames.
#Android
Comments manual
1. To enable comments for a channel, you need to link a chat to it.
2. Comments to a post are messages to an attached chat in the form of a response to a post.
3. The user who writes in the comment may not be a member of the chat.
4. At the moment, Android client users cannot edit their comments if they are not in the chat.
5. Slow chat mode affects post comments.
6. If a user is blocked in a chat linked to a channel, then he cannot leave comments.
7. If the user has a spam ban, he will not be able to leave a comment in the public chat.
8. Replies to comments in groups not a member of the user will come to @replies.
9. Administrators can reply to comments anonymously.
10. At the moment, comments are only available in Beta versions of clients.
Telegram Android Beta users can leave comments under this post.
1. To enable comments for a channel, you need to link a chat to it.
2. Comments to a post are messages to an attached chat in the form of a response to a post.
3. The user who writes in the comment may not be a member of the chat.
4. At the moment, Android client users cannot edit their comments if they are not in the chat.
5. Slow chat mode affects post comments.
6. If a user is blocked in a chat linked to a channel, then he cannot leave comments.
7. If the user has a spam ban, he will not be able to leave a comment in the public chat.
8. Replies to comments in groups not a member of the user will come to @replies.
9. Administrators can reply to comments anonymously.
10. At the moment, comments are only available in Beta versions of clients.
Telegram Android Beta users can leave comments under this post.
Administrator anonymity in group chats
β β β
It seems that the massive detentions of Belarusians and the huge number of created house and district chats in Belarus prompted Telegram to improve the privacy of the messenger in relation to group administrators.
In the upcoming Telegram update, it will be possible to hide and make anonymous the creator and group administrators.
An item will appear in the rights of each administrator, which makes it possible to hide him from the list of participants and make messages from him anonymous.
The administrators themselves with anonymity enabled will disappear from the list of participants. Messages from them will be sent as messages on behalf of the group.
In older clients, messages will be displayed from an account named DELETED (this should be fixed after the update).
β β β
It seems that the massive detentions of Belarusians and the huge number of created house and district chats in Belarus prompted Telegram to improve the privacy of the messenger in relation to group administrators.
In the upcoming Telegram update, it will be possible to hide and make anonymous the creator and group administrators.
An item will appear in the rights of each administrator, which makes it possible to hide him from the list of participants and make messages from him anonymous.
The administrators themselves with anonymity enabled will disappear from the list of participants. Messages from them will be sent as messages on behalf of the group.
In older clients, messages will be displayed from an account named DELETED (this should be fixed after the update).
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Telegram crashed
Some channels do not display the number of views for channels.
Telegram also stopped responding to API method requests, which can lead to malfunctioning of posting bots.
The development team is already aware of the crash and is working on a fix.
#failure
Some channels do not display the number of views for channels.
Telegram also stopped responding to API method requests, which can lead to malfunctioning of posting bots.
The development team is already aware of the crash and is working on a fix.
#failure
Users from Iran in public chats
Along with the launch of Pavel Durov's @durov channel chat, another imperceptible but important event took place.
Now users from Iran can post in public groups. Telegram promised to do this last year, along with strengthening the anti-spam system, but this happened only yesterday.
Users from Iran could not write to public chats for two years, presumably the restriction was due to a large amount of spam.
Along with the launch of Pavel Durov's @durov channel chat, another imperceptible but important event took place.
Now users from Iran can post in public groups. Telegram promised to do this last year, along with strengthening the anti-spam system, but this happened only yesterday.
Users from Iran could not write to public chats for two years, presumably the restriction was due to a large amount of spam.
Telegram Desktop updated to stable version 2.4.2
What's New in 2.4.2:
- Support for Progressive JPEG.
- Ability to block a user and complain about him when deleting a service message.
- Ability to delete all user messages when deleting a service message.
- Ability to mark all chats in the folder as read (except for the folder "All chats").
- Ability to mark all chats on the account as read (Alt + Shift + RMB on the account in the menu).
- Ability to record voice messages in the delayed messages section.
- Added the ability to copy a link to an unspecified set of stickers.
- The link to the discussion group associated with the channel is now three dots in the menu.
- Ability to delete service messages for everyone.
- Hotkey read_chat to mark the current chat as read (by default Ctrl + R).
- In the privacy settings, the button "Show all sessions" now shows the number of active sessions.
- Added support for PageUp / PageDown scrolling in replies and comments.
- The button "View answers" is currently shown only in linked groups.
- Added "Complain" button to the comment context menu.
- Fixed loading and opening comments in channels.
- Fixed crash when opening attached stickers to a photo.
- Fixed showing the administrator's position in the message.
- Fixed the transition to the answer in the comments by clicking on the selected answer above the message field.
- Fixed display of restrictions in comments.
- Fixed display of the discussed message in the comments.
- Fixed display of the comment button for posts with narrow photos.
- Fixed opening comments in private channels without a subscription.
- Fixed showing of administrator's position in anonymous messages.
- Fixed adding a comment button when a message has inline buttons from bots.
- Fixed automatic display of the taskbar when the window is maximized to full screen.
- Fixed resetting the window size after restarting the client for Linux.
- Fixed a crash when logging out of the account on the password input screen.
- Fixed long titles for articles from inline bots.
- Fixed contour for avatars of recent commentators.
- Fixed crash when the session list is empty.
- Fixed export of messages in linked groups.
- Fixed sending voice messages.
- Removed window shadow on Wayland (Linux).
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop #stable
What's New in 2.4.2:
- Support for Progressive JPEG.
- Ability to block a user and complain about him when deleting a service message.
- Ability to delete all user messages when deleting a service message.
- Ability to mark all chats in the folder as read (except for the folder "All chats").
- Ability to mark all chats on the account as read (Alt + Shift + RMB on the account in the menu).
- Ability to record voice messages in the delayed messages section.
- Added the ability to copy a link to an unspecified set of stickers.
- The link to the discussion group associated with the channel is now three dots in the menu.
- Ability to delete service messages for everyone.
- Hotkey read_chat to mark the current chat as read (by default Ctrl + R).
- In the privacy settings, the button "Show all sessions" now shows the number of active sessions.
- Added support for PageUp / PageDown scrolling in replies and comments.
- The button "View answers" is currently shown only in linked groups.
- Added "Complain" button to the comment context menu.
- Fixed loading and opening comments in channels.
- Fixed crash when opening attached stickers to a photo.
- Fixed showing the administrator's position in the message.
- Fixed the transition to the answer in the comments by clicking on the selected answer above the message field.
- Fixed display of restrictions in comments.
- Fixed display of the discussed message in the comments.
- Fixed display of the comment button for posts with narrow photos.
- Fixed opening comments in private channels without a subscription.
- Fixed showing of administrator's position in anonymous messages.
- Fixed adding a comment button when a message has inline buttons from bots.
- Fixed automatic display of the taskbar when the window is maximized to full screen.
- Fixed resetting the window size after restarting the client for Linux.
- Fixed a crash when logging out of the account on the password input screen.
- Fixed long titles for articles from inline bots.
- Fixed contour for avatars of recent commentators.
- Fixed crash when the session list is empty.
- Fixed export of messages in linked groups.
- Fixed sending voice messages.
- Removed window shadow on Wayland (Linux).
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop #stable
Telegram had another connection issues
This time, malfunctions in Telegram began to be recorded around midnight Moscow time and lasted more than an hour.
Most of the reported connection issues came from Moscow and St. Petersburg, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, France, Hungary, Iran and Turkey.
#Down
This time, malfunctions in Telegram began to be recorded around midnight Moscow time and lasted more than an hour.
Most of the reported connection issues came from Moscow and St. Petersburg, Belarus, Ukraine, Germany, Italy, Estonia, Latvia, France, Hungary, Iran and Turkey.
#Down
10 million new users weekly and Telegram overnight crash
Pavel Durov reported a night crash in Europe and noted that users of the iOS application could be logged out. This bug has already been fixed and the update is being reviewed in the App Store.
In addition, Pavel Durov spoke about the weekly Telegram growth of at least 10 million users, which could have caused the failure. To avoid such situations, the network infrastructure is constantly being scaled and the software is improving.
Pavel Durov reported a night crash in Europe and noted that users of the iOS application could be logged out. This bug has already been fixed and the update is being reviewed in the App Store.
In addition, Pavel Durov spoke about the weekly Telegram growth of at least 10 million users, which could have caused the failure. To avoid such situations, the network infrastructure is constantly being scaled and the software is improving.
350 billion views monthly among all channels globally
Pavel Durov on his channel wrote that comments under posts are not going to be enabled by default and will remain optional since most channels do not need them. However, he also pointed out that native implementation of comments is far more convenient and usable than previous, web-based one.
Additionally, Pavel Durov emphasized that Telegram is a messaging platform and not a social network, despite the fact it is being used to distribute information to millions of users and channels generate more than 350 billion views per month.
Telegram's CEO also wrote on his group in a reply to a question sent by the community, that we can expect an update in upcoming months that will allow us to disable comments even for channels that have group linked to it.
#statistics #stats
Pavel Durov on his channel wrote that comments under posts are not going to be enabled by default and will remain optional since most channels do not need them. However, he also pointed out that native implementation of comments is far more convenient and usable than previous, web-based one.
Additionally, Pavel Durov emphasized that Telegram is a messaging platform and not a social network, despite the fact it is being used to distribute information to millions of users and channels generate more than 350 billion views per month.
Telegram's CEO also wrote on his group in a reply to a question sent by the community, that we can expect an update in upcoming months that will allow us to disable comments even for channels that have group linked to it.
#statistics #stats
Chat owner anonymity by default
Now, if you create a chat through the group linking menu to the channel, the creator automatically becomes anonymous.
When assigning administrators, the creator will have to manually assign them anonymity permission. The role of the administrator will still be listed in the body of the message.
It is important to remember that chat administrators see the owner in the list of participants, as well as his activity in the "Recent activities" section.
A regular chat members will not be able to find out what messages the anonymous administrator wrote.
Now, if you create a chat through the group linking menu to the channel, the creator automatically becomes anonymous.
When assigning administrators, the creator will have to manually assign them anonymity permission. The role of the administrator will still be listed in the body of the message.
It is important to remember that chat administrators see the owner in the list of participants, as well as his activity in the "Recent activities" section.
A regular chat members will not be able to find out what messages the anonymous administrator wrote.
Plans for upcoming updates in the Telegram
Answering questions in his chat, Pavel Durov spoke about some plans regarding future Telegram updates.
What to expect:
β Ability to link a group to a channel without including comments.
β Adding channels into group chats to discussing their posts privately. Pavel also said: You will also be able to use it like Lists on Twitter. Custom private or public newsfeeds, with discussions or without. [Something like "Lists" feature in Twitter. On Twitter, In "Lists" feature, You can add as many users as you want in it to only see their tweets. You can add a name to it. You can set that as public/private. Here in Telegram might be something like this + possibility to discuss about channel posts you have added before.]
At the same time, Pavel Durov said that sanctions from the United States interfere with bypassing the blocking of the messenger in Iran. Cloud companies are preventing the messenger team from using their infrastructure to support free speech in Iran.
Answering questions in his chat, Pavel Durov spoke about some plans regarding future Telegram updates.
What to expect:
β Ability to link a group to a channel without including comments.
β Adding channels into group chats to discussing their posts privately. Pavel also said: You will also be able to use it like Lists on Twitter. Custom private or public newsfeeds, with discussions or without. [Something like "Lists" feature in Twitter. On Twitter, In "Lists" feature, You can add as many users as you want in it to only see their tweets. You can add a name to it. You can set that as public/private. Here in Telegram might be something like this + possibility to discuss about channel posts you have added before.]
At the same time, Pavel Durov said that sanctions from the United States interfere with bypassing the blocking of the messenger in Iran. Cloud companies are preventing the messenger team from using their infrastructure to support free speech in Iran.
Telegram Desktop updated to stable version 2.4.3
What's new:
- Fixed sending voice messages in the schedule messages section
- Fixed deleting profile / chat / channel photo.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop #stable
What's new:
- Fixed sending voice messages in the schedule messages section
- Fixed deleting profile / chat / channel photo.
- Minor fixes and improvements.
Download: from official website or GitHub.
#update #desktop #stable
β‘ The transfer of ownership of the bot is getting closer
On the test messenger server, you can already try the bot ownership transfer.
To transfer you will need:
β Two-factor authentication must be enabled at least 7 days before the transfer.
β The session from which the transfer takes place must exist for at least 24 hours.
A year earlier, the messenger added the ability to transfer owner status for groups and channels.
On the test messenger server, you can already try the bot ownership transfer.
To transfer you will need:
β Two-factor authentication must be enabled at least 7 days before the transfer.
β The session from which the transfer takes place must exist for at least 24 hours.
A year earlier, the messenger added the ability to transfer owner status for groups and channels.
How to remove the comment button from posts from channels
In the September update of Telegram version 7.1, the channels have comments. Later Pavel Durov promised that this fall it will be possible to attach a chat to the channel without including comments.
At the moment, posts have several options to turn off comments:
β Unlink chat while posting.
β Delete a post in the chat, and the comment button will disappear (so you can delete all posts that are repost in the chat to remove comments from all posts).
β Add inline buttons to the post, for example, by @like bot or any other bots.
#FAQ
In the September update of Telegram version 7.1, the channels have comments. Later Pavel Durov promised that this fall it will be possible to attach a chat to the channel without including comments.
At the moment, posts have several options to turn off comments:
β Unlink chat while posting.
β Delete a post in the chat, and the comment button will disappear (so you can delete all posts that are repost in the chat to remove comments from all posts).
β Add inline buttons to the post, for example, by @like bot or any other bots.
#FAQ
Telegram is looking for a data center engineer
This vacancy appeared on the official website of the messenger.
It is worth noting that it was in the European data center that several failures occurred in a couple of months, as a result of which there were problems with access to the messenger throughout Eurasia. The European segment remains the most problematic among the rest of Telegram's infrastructure.
Responsibilities: creation, development, maintenance and troubleshooting of European Telegram infrastructure and network equipment, work with suppliers and representatives of data centers, participation in operational procedures, effective work with field projects.
Preferences: years of experience in troubleshooting and operating data centers, high knowledge of cabling and more, multitasking, dedication, ability to work in the EU without sponsorship.
You can send your resume to @jobs_bot.
Full list of vacancies: telegram.org/jobs
This vacancy appeared on the official website of the messenger.
It is worth noting that it was in the European data center that several failures occurred in a couple of months, as a result of which there were problems with access to the messenger throughout Eurasia. The European segment remains the most problematic among the rest of Telegram's infrastructure.
Responsibilities: creation, development, maintenance and troubleshooting of European Telegram infrastructure and network equipment, work with suppliers and representatives of data centers, participation in operational procedures, effective work with field projects.
Preferences: years of experience in troubleshooting and operating data centers, high knowledge of cabling and more, multitasking, dedication, ability to work in the EU without sponsorship.
You can send your resume to @jobs_bot.
Full list of vacancies: telegram.org/jobs
New domain for news aggregator
A new domain was discovered on the Telegram contests website: topnews.com. Most likely, the purchase was made on September 12, 2020.
At the moment, it is used to preview the works of participants in the Data Clustering Contest, Stage 2, and the domain itself redirects to contest.com.
Example preview: 1398.topnews.com
Presumably, in the future, the domain will be used for the Telegram news aggregator.
A new domain was discovered on the Telegram contests website: topnews.com. Most likely, the purchase was made on September 12, 2020.
At the moment, it is used to preview the works of participants in the Data Clustering Contest, Stage 2, and the domain itself redirects to contest.com.
Example preview: 1398.topnews.com
Presumably, in the future, the domain will be used for the Telegram news aggregator.
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Russian language on the Telegram.org website
The main page of the site, as well as the download pages of Telegram Desktop and Telegram for macOS, have already been translated into Russian. Next in line is a page with answers to frequently asked questions.
Along with this, support for new languages appeared: French, Polish, Italian and others.
Earlier in the spring, news on the official website was also published in Russian and other languages.
The main page of the site, as well as the download pages of Telegram Desktop and Telegram for macOS, have already been translated into Russian. Next in line is a page with answers to frequently asked questions.
Along with this, support for new languages appeared: French, Polish, Italian and others.
Earlier in the spring, news on the official website was also published in Russian and other languages.
ECOMMPAY announced integration with Telegram
The provider of payment services and direct acquiring of bank cards will provide messenger users with the ability to pay for goods and services through bots.
Β«Telegram has over 400 million active users worldwide and the messenger is the most downloaded social media app in 20 countries. Moreover, more than 40% of Telegram users interact with bots. Now they will be able to buy movie tickets, pay for utilities, insurance, travel and much more inside the messengerΒ», β the press release said.
ECOMMPAY appeared in Russia in 2012, is registered in the UK, entered the markets of Asia, Africa and Europe, has grown to a global scale, promises business clients support for βmore than a hundredβ ways to get money from the buyer.
The provider of payment services and direct acquiring of bank cards will provide messenger users with the ability to pay for goods and services through bots.
Β«Telegram has over 400 million active users worldwide and the messenger is the most downloaded social media app in 20 countries. Moreover, more than 40% of Telegram users interact with bots. Now they will be able to buy movie tickets, pay for utilities, insurance, travel and much more inside the messengerΒ», β the press release said.
ECOMMPAY appeared in Russia in 2012, is registered in the UK, entered the markets of Asia, Africa and Europe, has grown to a global scale, promises business clients support for βmore than a hundredβ ways to get money from the buyer.
Telegram-based solutions proposed for the new system of public administration
Dmitry Peskov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Digital and Technological Development, said that group chats, in particular Telegram chats, perfectly replace bureaucratic structures and meetings. The official expressed hope that such a course of business will take root and remain even after the pandemic.
Dmitry Peskov, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Digital and Technological Development, said that group chats, in particular Telegram chats, perfectly replace bureaucratic structures and meetings. The official expressed hope that such a course of business will take root and remain even after the pandemic.