a button in context menu for messages sent to a group that allows to quickly reply and preserve the context of the original message by showing a preview of the replied message and a button to open the message in the group's context.
Competitors' way
WhatsApp has a Reply privately button in group message's context menu that creates a tappeable reply in the private chat with the user that redirects you to the original message context in the group: WhatsApp: Here’s How to Privately Reply to a Group Message
Workarounds
that require extra taps & are not easy for the average user.
(A) “Reply Options” menu
open the context menu of a message, tap Reply, then tap the reply preview above the input field, select Reply in Another Chat, then find the chat where you'd like to send it. Added in https://telegram.org/blog/reply-revolution/
requires up to 5 taps.
it's difficult to find the user if you don't have a chat with them.
(B) Forward + Reply
forward a message from a group > Find the user you want to reply in private > Send your reply with the attached fowarded message
this doesn't allow to open the message in the original context.
(C) Copy Message Link + Reply
in groups with unified history you can use Copy Message Link > Find the user you want to reply in private > Send your reply with the link to the message in the group.
it doesn't show preview of the replied message.
(D) Cmd/Alt + Click on 'Reply' button (TDesktop only)
on Telegram Desktop app you can hold Cmd/Alt and click on Reply button in message context menu as a shortcut to reply in another chat.
"go ahead and start a 1:1 chat, that's literally two clicks"
yep, that's exactly what we want, requires atleast 5 click, we want to reduce it to 1...
everything doesn't hv to be shared with everyone, being anti-social feature is okay, Tg is a messaging app, that's what it's supposed to do... being private
That's not anti social. It's like wispering to sb when talking in a group. Sometimes you don't want to disturb the public discussion or have an answer that's not for everybodies ears. Let me give you an example: If some people are planning a surprise for a person and somebody asks sth about that without noticing that it's about that surprise, then you can answer him or her personally in a 1:1 chat to make clear: "don't talk to much ;-)".
Therefore you could press and hold the original message and tap on "reply privately" to preview and link that message in the 1:1 chat. (My suggestion for solving this).
My initial comment was before the OP text was changed. Original text was proposing something crazy like 1:1 private chat INSIDE a group chat, like some kind of "replies" inside a group that would be hidden for all members but only visible to the person who is replied at... Something crazy like that, lol.
Being able to reply to someone's group-message in 1:1 chat would be a good feature, I agree.
I think they should make the feature a kind of like a whispering feature where the message will be sent to the group but only the recipient gets to see it. That seems better. What do think?
Telegram groups are big, so private replies from them may become flooding.
yep, that's exactly what we want, requires atleast 5 click, we want to reduce it to 1...
everything doesn't hv to be shared with everyone,
being anti-social feature is okay, Tg is a messaging app, that's what it's supposed to do... being private
Let me give you an example: If some people are planning a surprise for a person and somebody asks sth about that without noticing that it's about that surprise, then you can answer him or her personally in a 1:1 chat to make clear: "don't talk to much ;-)".
Therefore you could press and hold the original message and tap on "reply privately" to preview and link that message in the 1:1 chat. (My suggestion for solving this).
My initial comment was before the OP text was changed. Original text was proposing something crazy like 1:1 private chat INSIDE a group chat, like some kind of "replies" inside a group that would be hidden for all members but only visible to the person who is replied at... Something crazy like that, lol.
Being able to reply to someone's group-message in 1:1 chat would be a good feature, I agree.
Telegram groups are big, so private replies from them may become flooding.