Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 4.16.9 Beta
What's new: • The dialog list search has been updated: it now shows recent chats, active contacts and recommended channels. • Changing the client's font in Settings › Chat Settings › Font family. • Ability to change the number of reactions on posts in the channel settings. • Added a button in the preview for /addtheme, /addemoji and /boost (for groups) links. • Enable displaying ads for Telegram Premium subscribers as an option. • Pinned stories in profiles. • Correct display of online status of people who have blocked you (display “long time ago” instead of “recently”).
Telegram Desktop Has Been Updated to Version 4.16.9 Beta
What's new: • The dialog list search has been updated: it now shows recent chats, active contacts and recommended channels. • Changing the client's font in Settings › Chat Settings › Font family. • Ability to change the number of reactions on posts in the channel settings. • Added a button in the preview for /addtheme, /addemoji and /boost (for groups) links. • Enable displaying ads for Telegram Premium subscribers as an option. • Pinned stories in profiles. • Correct display of online status of people who have blocked you (display “long time ago” instead of “recently”).
WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Additionally, investors are often instructed to deposit monies into personal bank accounts of individuals who claim to represent a legitimate entity, and/or into an unrelated corporate account. To lend credence and to lure unsuspecting victims, perpetrators usually claim that their entity and/or the investment schemes are approved by financial authorities. It is unclear who runs the account, although Russia's official Ministry of Foreign Affairs Twitter account promoted the Telegram channel on Saturday and claimed it was operated by "a group of experts & journalists."
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