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~~Today~~ August 23rd, Telegram celebrates its 10th birthday – with our biggest update yet. Over the past decade we’ve built hundreds of new features that are now used by over 800 million people. In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much more

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)
  • Adds stories (most annoying feature on a messaging app)
  • Can't disable it

our biggest update yet

Meh

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Really dislike that we can't disable stories (AFAIK). Thank goodness for Beeper.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

That's an advantage of having an open source client. Stuff like Forkgram or Nekogram on Fdroid could remove stories (if they were ever added in the first place, I haven't tested)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Last I checked, they didn't support separate chat topics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What's the point of another app at this stage? Moving people is hard.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Beeper lets me connect to multiple services in one app (e.g., Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, iMessage).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There's no moving at all. it's just a bridge to use multiple messaging services in a single app. Everyone else you talk to stays on which ever app they want.

You have to trust the service with your data though. Some services won't be E2EE anymore. But their bridges are opensource so, you can self host them if you want

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

too bad I can't use that app since it's invite only

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They have a waitlist, but I can invite you if you'd like.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Hi, if it's still possible I would like to get an invite too

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Stories are annoying, I hope there's an alternative client that can turn them off.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I think that it notified all of my contact list when i tried posting a story. Not doing that again. Removed it in shame.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I never used stories in Signal and I don't intend to in Telegram either

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Signal having that shit is so off brand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

at least you can disable it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Yea I kinda agree but, it's very un-intrusive so I'm not bothered

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wish it had an option to prevent unknown people sending you messages. I'm getting fed up of the spam from people I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Does it not? I've never received a single spam message on telegram in my 6 years of use :S