Telegram

Telegram is a messaging client similar to WhatsApp, GroupMe, Messenger, etc. This document explains the infrastructure and management of the RITlug Telegram group, @ritlug.

Screenshot of the @ritlug Telegram group

Screenshot of the @ritlug Telegram group

Background

Today, the Telegram group is left online as a convenience to older members who choose to use it. However, it is not officially advertised or endorsed by RITlug eboard.

Before switching to Slack, RITlug advertised a Telegram group and IRC channel. After switching to Slack and setting up a bridge, RITlug only advertised the Slack. However, the Telegram group and IRC channel were kept online for convenience. The work to maintain a bridge across all groups was simple: run a bot and forget. Since this is easy to maintain, we chose to support the bridge.

Teleirc bridge

The IRC bridge uses RITlug/teleirc to run the bridge. This service is run off of RITlug infrastructure. See documentation for the Teleirc bridges for more information.

Note

Once Teleirc bridge documentation is written, a cross-document link should be added to this section.

Moderation policy

RIT and RITlug club policy determine moderation policies. This document is not a policy document, so it is not covered.

Note

Once available, a link to those public policy documents should go here.

Administrator action

Warning

The following instructions are shown on the official Telegram Desktop application. If you are using another platform (iOS, Android, web, etc.), the instructions may differ.

There are two types of administrator actions: updating administrator list and taking moderation action.

Update administrator list

Existing administrators with the correct permission can add other administrators. See the Administrator list for a list of existing administrators.

Follow these steps to add a @ritlug new administrator.

Open the group overview, then click the three-prong button towards the top right to open "Manage group"

Open the group overview, then click the three-prong button towards the top right to open “Manage group

Open the Administrators menu, click Add Administrator button in bottom-left corner

Open the Administrators menu, click Add Administrator button in bottom-left corner

Search for a new administrator by their Telegram username

Search for a new administrator by their Telegram username

Select permissions to grant user (past precedent is current eboard receives all)

Select permissions to grant user (past precedent is current eboard receives all)

Take moderation action

If you need to take moderation action (e.g. banning a user or deleting spam messages), use Telegram moderation tools. The quickest way to open the moderation tools is by right-clicking or long-pressing on a specific message in Telegram. If these options do not appear, try deleting the message first. If successful, an interface appears with three options to enable:

Options to enable when deleting a message: ban user, report as spam, delete all messages from user

Options to enable when deleting a message: ban user, report as spam, delete all messages from user [1]

Administrator list

  • Mark Repka (@Repkam09) (creator) [2]
  • Nate Levesque (@thenaterhood)
  • Solomon Rubin (@Serubin)
  • Tim Zabel (@Tjzabel21)
  • Christian Martin (@ctmartin)
  • Josh Bicking (@jibby0)
  • Ian Flournoy (@icflournoy)
[1]Be careful about IRC spam – if you ban from the IRC spam messages, you may disable or ban the IRC bridge. Only delete individual messages or bulk-delete.
[2]Creator status is equivalent to super admin - this admin can update privileges for all other administrators.