Previously, public channels with more subscribers would appear higher in the search results. That system worked fine for a while, but was increasingly getting abused by spammers. That's why we now only count genuine subscribers of channels for ranking.
For example, channels with more Premium subscribers will generally rank higher. However, if a specific Premium subscriber joins too many channels, they won't give those channels as big of a search ranking boost. Of course, the new search also prioritizes results from your country.
The feedback on this change is overwhelmingly positive. Channels with an inflated subscribers count have become less visible, while useful groups and mini-apps are now attracting more users.
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The day has come. Telegram channels can now post Stories!
Stories on Telegram are more visible than in most apps, because they are displayed right on the main screen. Obviously, we couldn’t let channels flood users with Stories without reasonable limits: this would create too much noise in your Chats.
This is why we designed the Boost system. With Boosts, users can give their favorite channels the ability to post stories. More boosts mean more stories per day for a channel. Every 24 hours users can reassign their boost.
In the future, boosts will also unlock other features for channels, such as custom reactions, emoji statuses or custom backgrounds. We’ll also introduce more ways for channels to get Boosts.
To prevent abuse, only Premium users can boost channels. It shouldn’t be hard to collect Boosts for channels with real subscribers, while those with fake followers may struggle (larger channels need more Boosts to unlock stories).
Let the Boost Hunt begin!🏹
Stories on Telegram are more visible than in most apps, because they are displayed right on the main screen. Obviously, we couldn’t let channels flood users with Stories without reasonable limits: this would create too much noise in your Chats.
This is why we designed the Boost system. With Boosts, users can give their favorite channels the ability to post stories. More boosts mean more stories per day for a channel. Every 24 hours users can reassign their boost.
In the future, boosts will also unlock other features for channels, such as custom reactions, emoji statuses or custom backgrounds. We’ll also introduce more ways for channels to get Boosts.
To prevent abuse, only Premium users can boost channels. It shouldn’t be hard to collect Boosts for channels with real subscribers, while those with fake followers may struggle (larger channels need more Boosts to unlock stories).
Let the Boost Hunt begin!
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Hundreds of thousands are signing up for Telegram from Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
In addition to Arabic, we’ve just added support for Hebrew in the Telegram UI. Everyone affected should have reliable access to news and private communication in these dire times.
In addition to Arabic, we’ve just added support for Hebrew in the Telegram UI. Everyone affected should have reliable access to news and private communication in these dire times.
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Some people are wishing me a happy "birthday" today.
But today, 10.10.2023, is not really the day when I was born.
I was actually born many years ago – today is merely an anniversary of my birthday.
Personally, I prefer to celebrate it as the 12th anniversary of my 27th birthday anniversary.
Don’t let yourselves get misled!🍸
But today, 10.10.2023, is not really the day when I was born.
I was actually born many years ago – today is merely an anniversary of my birthday.
Personally, I prefer to celebrate it as the 12th anniversary of my 27th birthday anniversary.
Don’t let yourselves get misled!
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Every day, Telegram's moderators and AI tools remove millions of obviously harmful content from our public platform. However, tackling war-related coverage is seldom obvious.
Earlier this week, Hamas used Telegram to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives — or would it endanger more lives?
It’s always tempting to act on emotional impulses. But such complex situations require thorough consideration that should also take into account the differences between social platforms.
Unlike other apps that algorithmically promote shocking content to unsuspecting people, on Telegram, users receive only the content to which they specifically subscribed. As such, it's unlikely that Telegram channels can be used to significantly amplify propaganda. Instead, they serve as a unique source of first-hand information for researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers.
While it would be easy for us to destroy this source of information, doing so risks exacerbating an already dire situation.
Earlier this week, Hamas used Telegram to warn civilians in Ashkelon to leave the area ahead of their missile strikes. Would shutting down their channel help save lives — or would it endanger more lives?
It’s always tempting to act on emotional impulses. But such complex situations require thorough consideration that should also take into account the differences between social platforms.
Unlike other apps that algorithmically promote shocking content to unsuspecting people, on Telegram, users receive only the content to which they specifically subscribed. As such, it's unlikely that Telegram channels can be used to significantly amplify propaganda. Instead, they serve as a unique source of first-hand information for researchers, journalists, and fact-checkers.
While it would be easy for us to destroy this source of information, doing so risks exacerbating an already dire situation.
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https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/reply-revolution
Bonus: you can now rewind / fast forward Stories by holding and sliding sideways (I wonder why other apps that have had stories for years hadn’t done this before
Bonus Bonus: our beloved Premium users (almost 3.5 million of them already) get to choose the color of their name and quotes in chats. Go orange this Halloween!
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Replies 2.0, Adjustable Link Previews, Name Colors and More
Today's update lets you quote specific parts of messages when replying, send your replies to other chats, add quote formatting to any text, configure link previews, choose a color for your account, and much more.
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https://coincodex.com/article/33968/toncoin-ton-blockchain-breaks-record-for-worlds-fastest-network-beating-solana-polygon-visa-and-mastercard/
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Toncoin (TON) Blockchain Breaks Record for World’s Fastest Network, Beating Solana, Polygon, Visa, and MasterCard
TON Blockchain can process over 100,000 transactions per second, claiming the title of the world’s fastest blockchain.
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https://blog.ton.org/100000-transactions-per-second-ton-sets-the-world-record-on-its-first-performance-test
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Now every channel on Telegram can host FAIR giveaways.
What’s a giveaway?❓
It’s when someone promises to give out prizes to random followers😏 😏 😏
Many giveaways on social media were scams. There was no way to prove the winner was chosen fairly😐
Until now. Telegram is the first social media platform to natively support giveaways with guaranteed random selection + prepaid prize funds🤑
Check out the demos here: https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/giveaways
What’s a giveaway?
It’s when someone promises to give out prizes to random followers
Many giveaways on social media were scams. There was no way to prove the winner was chosen fairly
Until now. Telegram is the first social media platform to natively support giveaways with guaranteed random selection + prepaid prize funds
Check out the demos here: https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/giveaways
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Giveaways in Channels and Free Premium
Channel owners can now launch Giveaways to randomly distribute prizes among their followers. This is great if you want to promote your channel, get new subscribers or reward existing ones.
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To celebrate our new feature, I’m hosting a giveaway of 10,000 Telegram Premium subscriptions
In a week, 10,000 random subscribers of my channel will receive a Telegram Premium subscription for 6 months
I have already prepaid for this giveaway on Fragment with $200,000-worth of
Toncoin I bought on a cryptoexchange. Enjoy!
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Telegram for VisionOS 😎
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Among my favorite new features are Similar Channels and Story Reposts. Both give content creators new ways to grow their channels organically within Telegram.
Check out all the features in the blog post: https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/similar-channels
While our iOS users can already enjoy the new features, Android users are still waiting for the Google Play version to be reviewed by Google. If you use Android and don’t want to wait, you can download the direct version of Telegram. This version offers faster updates, fewer restrictions, and the lowest price for Telegram Premium subscriptions
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Similar Channels, Reposting Stories, and 9 More Features
Today's update lets you find more channels on similar topics, repost stories from friends and channels, and add video messages to stories. We've also added profile colors, wallpapers for both sides, story stats and custom reactions for channels, voice transcription…
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The number of Premium subscribers has doubled in just 5 months and quadrupled in the last 12 months. Today it exceeded 4 million users.
A big thanks to everyone who signed up for Premium! We add great new features every month for our Premium subscribers — check them out at @premium
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With this update, you can also forward messages from channels to stories. Check out the full list of new features in our blog!
These are not all of our presents for you this festive season. Another major Telegram update is coming in the next few days
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Channel Appearance, Posts in Stories and More
In Telegram's Christmas update, channels can set wallpapers, emoji statuses and profile logos, users can repost channel messages to stories, Telegram Premium can be given to multiple people at once, giveways can include additional prizes and much more.
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Today we launched a new version of Telegram to let you congratulate your loved ones using our new, beautiful voice calls. The update contains a few surprises that we didn't cover in the blog – let's see if you can discover them
P. S. Stay healthy and don’t drink alcohol — don’t forget about the gym tomorrow
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Colorful Calls, Thanos Snap Effect, and an Epic Update for Bots
Telegram's 10th update of 2023 adds improved calls with a colorful new design that use less of your phone's battery, a new vaporize effect when you delete messages, the largest bot update in Telegram's history – and more.
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However, a minor bug was identified during the feature's initial launch two days ago. If you're encountering any issues with video message recording, please make sure your Telegram app is updated.
There are more new features in this update — they will remain secret until our official blog post is out later this month 🤫
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The Saved Messages feature launched by Telegram 7 years ago has since become an industry standard.
But now it’s time for the industry to move beyond the simple “sending a message to myself” concept we introduced years ago. This past week, we evolved Saved Messages into an advanced yet easy-to-use Bookmarks/Favorites/Notes service, with new options to organize and view saved content.
This comes on top of many other features we launched this past month. Speaking of which, I personally love the animation of the new one-time voice and video messages — it is pure art. Enjoy!
https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/new-saved-messages-and-9-more
But now it’s time for the industry to move beyond the simple “sending a message to myself” concept we introduced years ago. This past week, we evolved Saved Messages into an advanced yet easy-to-use Bookmarks/Favorites/Notes service, with new options to organize and view saved content.
This comes on top of many other features we launched this past month. Speaking of which, I personally love the animation of the new one-time voice and video messages — it is pure art. Enjoy!
https://t.tg.goldica.ir/b0dd72633a60ad0070e10de7b12c5322/blog/new-saved-messages-and-9-more
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Saved Messages 2.0, One-Time Voice Messages and 8 More Features
Throughout January, we added 10 new features to Telegram – including upgraded Saved Messages, one-time voice and video messages that delete after playing, detailed read receipts that show what time your message was read, and much more.
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