It is worth noting that earlier moderators in some chats used bots with admin rights to limit posting rate. So Telegram just made this feature easier to use, without needing to set up a server with bot.
Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
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#82Telegram is a great way to read HN articles, by subscribing to the channel, especially if you can't onboard enough people in your circle, to use it as a primary messenger. It also fires up on iPad, unlike WhatsApp.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've done my research. Whatsapp has encrypted chats by default, Telegram doesn't. Also Whatsapp UX is much simpler and I value simplicity. Telegram is starting to look like a spaceship with so many features.
How do you verify that WhatsApp actually is end to end encrypted? The founders have lamented that the project is screwed, so you're left with a claim made my Zuckerberg and his buddies?
They are using the same encryption as Signal and it was done by the people running and developing Signal.
"As of today, the integration is fully complete. Users running the most recent versions of WhatsApp on any platform now get full end-to-end encryption for every message they send and every WhatsApp call they make when communicating with each other."
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#84I had this idea a while back. I was in a group with just too much useless conversation. So I listed a few things I would like: - customizable posting limits (per day, per week, etc); - timeouts; - time windows (no posts on Sundays, for instance);
> I was in a group with just too much useless conversation. So I listed a few things I would like:
Leave. Or put the group on mute. You can't fix noisy people. Let them stick together in their own playground.
> - time windows (no posts on Sundays, for instance);
Why? Either it is work-related, which means out of work I'm not listening, or it is non-work related. If someone feels like they want to contribute to the group on Sunday, let them be?
You're trying to fix a problem from the wrong angle. You're doing damage control instead of fixing the problem.
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#85Telegram is a great way to read HN articles, by subscribing to the channel, especially if you can't onboard enough people in your circle, to use it as a primary messenger. It also fires up on iPad, unlike WhatsApp.
> Telegram is a great way to read HN articles,
Do you mean browsing news.yc through the InstantView feature?
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#86Telegram is a great way to read HN articles, by subscribing to the channel, especially if you can't onboard enough people in your circle, to use it as a primary messenger. It also fires up on iPad, unlike WhatsApp.
Which channel?
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#87Telegram is a great way to read HN articles, by subscribing to the channel, especially if you can't onboard enough people in your circle, to use it as a primary messenger. It also fires up on iPad, unlike WhatsApp.
Which channel?
Re: Telegram introduces feature to prevent users from texting too often in a group
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's with the massive xenophobia here? It takes one second to find out they are not exactly in bed with the government and you're just left with racist statement.
It has nothing to do with xenophobia or racism. When the NSA tapped the dark fibers of Google etc they were also not exactly in bed with the government and yet they found out about the fact afterwards and started encrypting everything only then. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i... ) When you look at the surveillance happening in Russia paired with the unclear status of Telegram's encrypt…
Telegram is not a Russian company, it has encryption on by default and is literally famous for fighting "scary Russian government" and all those helping Russian government censor it, including the megacorps you for some reason assume are not in bed with the government.
And given how fast the west is moving on backdooring mass communications, in a few years Telegram might end up as one of the few unbackdoored apps left standing.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
It has nothing to do with xenophobia or racism. When the NSA tapped the dark fibers of Google etc they were also not exactly in bed with the government and yet they found out about the fact afterwards and started encrypting everything only then. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/nsa-i... ) When you look at the surveillance happening in Russia paired with the unclear status of Telegram's encrypt…
Telegram is not a Russian company, it has encryption on by default and is literally famous for fighting "scary Russian government" and all those helping Russian government censor it, including the megacorps you for some reason assume are not in bed with the government. And given how fast the west is moving on backdooring mass communications, in a few years Telegram might end up as one of the few unbackdoored apps lef…
End to end encryption is not on by default, they even say that in their own FAQ.