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> Telegram is by far a superior product to WhatsApp. For one simple reason: bots. One of my Raspberry Pi projects is a bot to delete from the family group any
by diego_moita 6y ago
> Telegram is by far a superior product to WhatsApp.
For one simple reason: bots.
One of my Raspberry Pi projects is a bot to delete from the family group any post containing the name of politicians. This wiped out political flame-wars and fake news.
It is very easy to make Telegram bots. You basically create a website, register it in a dynamic dns, add an ssh certificate (letsencrypt or your own) and add it to your group.
- ciarannolan 6y agoGenius. How large and active is that group chat?
- diego_moita 6y agoNot too big, about 50 people. It is not a perfect solution, sometimes people send images with political memes. For these I made another bot that temporarily puts the offender under quarantine. Also, remember to use regular expressions to filter out common letter substituions. So, in Brazil, to filter out our very stupid president (Bolsonaro) I use: b[0o][1l][5s][0o]n[a4]r[0o]
- ciarannolan 6y ago>>family group >Not too big, about 50 people. Your country has a different definition of "big family" than mine :) My family WhatsApp is 5 people.