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Stories and 10 Years of Telegram

telegram.org Stories and 10 Years of Telegram

In this update, we launch Stories – with a unique dual camera mode, granular privacy settings, flexible duration options and much more.

~~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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Adds stories (most annoying feature on a messaging app)
Can't disable it
our biggest update yet
Meh

Really dislike that we can't disable stories (AFAIK). Thank goodness for Beeper.
- 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)
  
  Last I checked, they didn't support separate chat topics.
- What's the point of another app at this stage? Moving people is hard.
  
  Beeper lets me connect to multiple services in one app (e.g., Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp, FB Messenger, iMessage).
  
  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
- too bad I can't use that app since it's invite only
  
  They have a waitlist, but I can invite you if you'd like.

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

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

I never used stories in Signal and I don't intend to in Telegram either
- Signal having that shit is so off brand.
  
  at least you can disable it
  
  Yea I kinda agree but, it's very un-intrusive so I'm not bothered

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

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