Re:Telegram has stolen my channel's username to sell it on a...
by VoidWhisperer on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:07PM
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I am interested to hear telegram's side of this - they generally have a decent track record, i wonder if this is the case of someone screwing up and not intentional malice
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Re:Telegram has stolen my channel's username to sell it on a...
by NayamAmarshe on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:38PM
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He talked about this a month ago: https://t.me/durov/195
> Until recently, 70% of all Telegram usernames had been reserved in inactive channels by cybersquatters from Iran. This created a graveyard of dead usernames that cluttered search results and prevented millions of Telegram users from selecting appropriate public addresses for their accounts, groups and channels.