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The flow I'm imagining here is something like this:
- User goes to settings, and push notifications aren't supported. User doesn't like email notifications, but likes Telegram.
- User enables Telegram notifications, and gets a https://t.in/DiplicityBot?start=abcdabcdabcd link to click.
- User clicks the link, and opens a conversation with DiplicityBot.
- Every new message or phase user gets in Diplicity will be pushed from DiplicityBot to the user in question on Telegram. They will include links to the relevant game or chat channel, and possibly (I haven't figured this out perfectly yet) a way to respond directly from Telegram.
@tttppp, @JorenC WDYT? I realize that this is very similar to email notifications, but a lot of people are more averse to email than to light weight chat notifications- somehow they don't feel as spammy?
Anyway, this PR is far from ready, it's just a basis for discusison.
It sounds great to me. I've no idea how popular this feature will be though. I'd barely heard of Telegram before you suggested it. Some way to poll our user base would be good.
Yeah, it'd be neat, but would people use it...
Telegram is afaiu the biggest IM app in the world right now.
Yes, polling. That'd be great :)
I'm not sure about telegram really.
- if I want notifications on Android, I'll just install the old APK.
- Only for iOS this is relevant. But then you should make it clear why you're using telegram. And, can the user than also REPLY from telegram? It's a chat app, so if I get the notification and then need to open the website, the value is quite low and the user actions quite high. In any case, then you should add a link to the channel in every message.
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Yeah, it'd be neat, but would people use it...
Telegram is afaiu the biggest IM app in the world right now.
Yes, polling. That'd be great :)
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Ah, I missed the point on replying.
- User goes to setting, and push notifications aren't supported. User doesn't like email notifications, but likes Telegram.
Here explain that this is primarily for iOS and why.
- User enables telegram notifications, and gets a https://t.in/DiplicityBot?start=abcdabcdabcd link to click.
- User clicks the link, and opens a conversation with DiplicityBot.
What does the user need to do?
- Every new message or phase user gets in Diplicity will be pushed from DiplicityBot to the user in question on Telegram. They will include links to the relevant game or chat channel, and possibly (I haven't figured this out perfectly yet) a way to respond directly from Telegram.
On Tue, 5 May 2020, 08:19 zond, [email protected] wrote:
Yeah, it'd be neat, but would people use it...
Telegram is afaiu the biggest IM app in the world right now.
Yes, polling. That'd be great :)
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@JorenC: Yes, being able to reply is a goal. And including a link to the game for phase notifications, and to the channel for message notifications, would also be included.
Can Telegram messages include pictures? E.g. The map for a new phase would be great.
@tttppp: Yes, I think it can include pictures.
@JorenC: Click the link, and then the "Start" button shown in Telegram, to accept talking to the bot.