If you have a public channel, where the "Similar Channels" tab is visible, and then you switch that channel to "Private", you will still be able to see the "Similar Channels" tab. Additionally, the channel will still recommend similar channels with a welcome announcement to people who subscribe while the channel is private. When a channel is private, no information about similar channels should appear. This is creating huge problems for channels that do not want a new member to know who their competition is when they join.
Steps to reproduce
1- Must have a public channel with "Similar channels" tab enabled, so it can't be a new channel
2- Change the channel to private
3- One month later after changing the channel to private, "Similar Channels" tab and announcements are displayed to members.
4- On channels where you don't want your subscribers to know about other competing channels, this can be a big problem.
U say "is not that" and "opinions", but all I'm saying so these for ur message in the bug report "This is creating huge problems for channels that do not want a new member to know who their competition is when they join."🤷🏻♂️LoL Also private channels shouldn't have similar channels isn't a rule, LoL. It's just not Shown when the similar channelsfeature is initially implemented. 🙂 That's all. And that's a good bug because it helps users.
Also think about this, People who are making channels public for getting shown in similar channels suddenly change into private and don't want the users to know about their competitor 🤡. LoL And it's not just opinion, people afraid of competition vs users benefiting. Basic common sense will say what's objectively right 🙂👍
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Jorge
I am going to give my opinion, I have a private channel and it does not appear in similar channels, however in the public ones it does appear.
I have tried to put it in public and it has appeared similar channels, but when I put it back to private it still appears which before did not appear and in any private channel appears.
Therefore, it is clearly a bug.
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Mario
It happened to me 2 months ago and I'm still waiting for them to fix it, it's one of the biggest bugs I've seen in years using Telegram.
I think the bug is when you switch it from public to private, it stays as if it was public, it's a serious bug 👎.
They should fix it as soon as possible or people will stop having channels.
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CV
🙏🙏🙏At last someone writes it, I thought it happened only to me!
I left my channel for that very reason, I wanted to put it back to private as usual and I couldn't anymore, it kept showing the similar channels thing, it's a huge bug.
Thanks for showing this bug! Let's see if they fix it soon
It's not about it helping or not helping, it's about it being a bug, you don't seem to want to understand it, I respect your opinion and that's fine with me.
but it's simple, let's see if you can understand it:
private channels: no similar channels public channels: yes there are similar channels
I think it is easy to understand and see that it is a bug, please understand that it is an error, it is not about competition or not competition.
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Jesús
I have been checking and really if it is a bug.
When I change it to private it still detects it as public and continues with the same functionalities, good contribution 👍.
Admin Dog
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Also private channels shouldn't have similar channels isn't a rule, LoL. It's just not Shown when the similar channelsfeature is initially implemented. 🙂 That's all. And that's a good bug because it helps users.
And it's not just opinion, people afraid of competition vs users benefiting. Basic common sense will say what's objectively right 🙂👍
I have tried to put it in public and it has appeared similar channels, but when I put it back to private it still appears which before did not appear and in any private channel appears.
Therefore, it is clearly a bug.
I think the bug is when you switch it from public to private, it stays as if it was public, it's a serious bug 👎.
They should fix it as soon as possible or people will stop having channels.
I left my channel for that very reason, I wanted to put it back to private as usual and I couldn't anymore, it kept showing the similar channels thing, it's a huge bug.
Thanks for showing this bug! Let's see if they fix it soon
People are desperate for a bug which actually helps users LoL🤣🤣.
but it's simple, let's see if you can understand it:
private channels: no similar channels
public channels: yes there are similar channels
I think it is easy to understand and see that it is a bug, please understand that it is an error, it is not about competition or not competition.
When I change it to private it still detects it as public and continues with the same functionalities, good contribution 👍.