In the world of instant messaging, the famous WhatsApp stands out and as an alternative, Telegram Over the years it has gained a lot of weight. But the app with the blue icon has had a busy few months, and that’s not exactly due to updates: the National Court demanded that the app be blocked, which ultimately failed. And more importantly: Pavel Durov’s arrest in Paris was covered in all the media.

The charges left the Telegram founder facing six charges, but he was released on a $1 million bail. We’ve all been wondering what’s going to happen to the messaging app, and now, after all these legal events, the first update has arrived. What are the changes? Let’s say goodbye for now to a function that has been in Telegram for a long time.

Telegram update: Durov decided to remove a feature

Telegram has recently revamped the FAQ section, the usual questions and answers section that helps users. Now it has been replaced with new questions monitoring of non-private chats and groupsAs we know, moderation of the content shared in the messaging application is one of the problems it faces.

Pavel Durov was outspoken and promised to “transform moderation on Telegram from a place of criticism to a place of praise.” To do this, he will introduce a number of changes. increase one’s reputationhas been damaged by recent movements.

In total, as we can read in Xataka, one of our functions was removed and another was disabled. Which one is eliminated? Tagged as «People nearby». This was a function that allowed us to discover users we could contact without needing their phone numbers.

So Telegram used location to determine which users were nearby. This is now a thing of the past, as Durov himself confirmed on the official channel of the application: “We have eliminated the People Nearby function, which was used by less than 0.1% of Telegram users, but had some problems. bots and scammers”.

This feature has been removed from the server side, so we can’t bring it back by installing old updates. It will come soon to replace it. «Nearby businesses»where we can find legitimate and verified businesses. Even catalogs with products for purchase will be displayed: it is still unknown when they will be available for sale.

On the other hand, TelegramThe built-in blogging tool for creating posts will be limited. It will no longer allow you to add new media, i.e. other multimedia files like images or videos. Apparently, as Pavel confirms, the tool is being “abused by anonymous actors.”

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