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dzongatoday at 12:45 PM4 repliesview on HN

telegram is full of bots and spam.

before it was a better WhatsApp alternative. now either WhatsApp or Signal.


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embedding-shapetoday at 1:11 PM

> telegram is full of bots

It's been a core feature of Telegram since almost the beginning, and one of the main reasons I end up using Telegram, not sure why you'd think this is a drawback. The spam sucks though, not sure how they haven't got a handle on it yet.

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kelvinjps10today at 12:48 PM

those bots are different to these ones, for these you have to start the interaction. bots is the most useful feature of telegram

sgttoday at 12:46 PM

They should start charging for it. Like not a lot, maybe just a coffee a month. That should keep the bots away.

TacticalCodertoday at 12:50 PM

I use Telegram only for groups with people I know. I've got zero issues with boths.

Are you using public channels? (are those even a thing with Telegram?)

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