An Reply privately button in context menu for messages sent to a group so you can 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.
Workarounds
They require extra taps and are not easy for the average user:
Create a reply, tap the reply preview above the input field, select 'Reply in Another Chat', then choose where you'd like to send it.
Issue: 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
Issue: No link to open the message in the original context.
C: Copy Message Link + Reply
In supergroups 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.
Issue: No direct preview of the replied message.
D: Cmd/Alt + Click on Reply button (TDesktop only)
You can hold Cmd/Alt and click on Reply button in message context menu as a shortcut to reply in another chat on Telegram Desktop app — https://desktop.telegram.org/
A lot of people are asking this because WhatsApp "already" has it. At least on Telegram, you can use the link to jump to the context (as you said) but It is not possible on WhatsApp! That's why It is a necessary feature on WhatsApp.
The issue about it, is that you will bring a new way for people to start new PMs, and Telegram "does not like" that. People will most likely start new PMs with people instead of reply in the group and share the answer with others.
If you really want to reply to the person in private because your answer contain private information, so you shouldn't be lazy enough to forward/send him the link in private to make your reply.
How do you want to have this reply privately option in Telegram? In the context menu? The menu is already quite big. Not sure It is a good idea to add this option in context menu of each messages in groups.
How can it be different, better than on WhatsApp? People will also see this feature as a "stole" feature from WhatsApp.
"People will most likely start new PMs with people instead of reply in the group and share the answer with others."
One of the purposes of this feature is to not litter the group with texts that are relevant only to two people. A relevant scenario might be: * User A asks a question in the group * User B answers the question in the group * User A replies privately to user B with "thanks", in order not to litter the group chat replies that are not relevant to all the group users.
Another purpose/scenario might be * User A asks a question in the group * User B answers the question in the group * User A replies privately to user B with a followup question that is relevant only to themselves, and not to the entire group.
There are many other possible uses for this convenient feature
--- "you shouldn't be lazy"
It sounds like you're against all features that promote ease of use, which is plain silly --- "Telegram "does not like" that" Are you a product manager in Telegram that you know what their design guidelines are? --- "People will also see this feature as a "stole" feature from WhatsApp." Originality has nothing to do with whether this feature is desirable or not. Besides, all of human culture is copying, plagiarizing, deriving, and building on top of previous creators' works. No idea is 100% original. 'If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.' — Isaac Newton
WA and Tg already share many features, this is one of the niche but used features that I get a little annoyed by and produces frition, not because it's harder to forward the message but because 1. not everyone gets the context that I'm replying to their message as the a message attached mostly comes before the forwarded message. 2. and more impartantly the forwarded message doesn't link to the orginial location and the linked approach not only doesn't work in all groups, but is also lengtheir and adds to the no. of steps which should just be 1, and also doesn't provide any indicator preview suggesting that the provided link is about the message as the link will have to be added to the feedback to the ans
the other point of yours being that it is not widely used is just plaing untrue or just applies to you or your friend group, as I had even many of my technologically literate friends message me many times with the forwarding message approach, but to enhance the user experience would be much better
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Add this. WhatsApp has it
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I'm in favor of this feature being added.
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I strongly agree. I've already noticed this feature missing several times already. It would be a huge time saver.
PJ
This kind of defeats the beauty of a group chat, doesn't it? I mean, why would you want to chat 'privately' *inside a group?* If you want to discuss anything in private, go ahead and start a 1:1 chat, that's literally two clicks!
Replying "thanks" to a public answer to a public question does not only concern two individuals, it concerns the whole group. This is called "social behavior".
Sound like an anti-social "feature" to me. Maybe I'm missing something, so I hope someone can explain this better.
"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
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محمد
Yes, please add this feature. Happened a lot of times that that require replying privately.
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At least on Telegram, you can use the link to jump to the context (as you said) but It is not possible on WhatsApp! That's why It is a necessary feature on WhatsApp.
The issue about it, is that you will bring a new way for people to start new PMs, and Telegram "does not like" that. People will most likely start new PMs with people instead of reply in the group and share the answer with others.
If you really want to reply to the person in private because your answer contain private information, so you shouldn't be lazy enough to forward/send him the link in private to make your reply.
How do you want to have this reply privately option in Telegram? In the context menu? The menu is already quite big. Not sure It is a good idea to add this option in context menu of each messages in groups.
How can it be different, better than on WhatsApp? People will also see this feature as a "stole" feature from WhatsApp.
One of the purposes of this feature is to not litter the group with texts that are
relevant only to two people. A relevant scenario might be:
* User A asks a question in the group
* User B answers the question in the group
* User A replies privately to user B with "thanks", in order not to
litter the group chat replies that are not relevant to all the group
users.
Another purpose/scenario might be
* User A asks a question in the group
* User B answers the question in the group
* User A replies privately to user B with a followup question that is relevant only to themselves, and not to the entire group.
There are many other possible uses for this convenient feature
---
"you shouldn't be lazy"
It sounds like you're against all features that promote ease of use, which is plain silly
---
"Telegram "does not like" that"
Are you a product manager in Telegram that you know what their design guidelines are?
---
"People will also see this feature as a "stole" feature from WhatsApp."
Originality has nothing to do with whether this feature is desirable or not.
Besides, all of human culture is copying, plagiarizing, deriving, and building
on top of previous creators' works. No idea is 100% original.
'If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.' — Isaac Newton
1. not everyone gets the context that I'm replying to their message as the a message attached mostly comes before the forwarded message.
2. and more impartantly the forwarded message doesn't link to the orginial location and the linked approach not only doesn't work in all groups, but is also lengtheir and adds to the no. of steps which should just be 1, and also doesn't provide any indicator preview suggesting that the provided link is about the message as the link will have to be added to the feedback to the ans
the other point of yours being that it is not widely used is just plaing untrue or just applies to you or your friend group, as I had even many of my technologically literate friends message me many times with the forwarding message approach, but to enhance the user experience would be much better
Replying "thanks" to a public answer to a public question does not only concern two individuals, it concerns the whole group. This is called "social behavior".
Sound like an anti-social "feature" to me. Maybe I'm missing something, so I hope someone can explain this better.
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