[ATTENTION ARTISTS] New Telegram Feature Is Bad For You
5 years ago
-This info was provided by Sergeant I thought it was important enough to share-
Hey all! A HUGE heads up that Telegram has rolled out a new privacy feature that will allow a chat partner to remove any part of a conversation from any time in the entire conversation history even if it was from you. This is both good and bad.
Why is this good? Privacy. Telegram is primarily focused on privacy stuff and this is their way of helping with that.
Why is this very bad for you as an artist? Any conversation you have on this platform can be subject to the person you're talking to just wiping it out. This means anything they agreed to such as payments or whatnot will suddenly go poof into the aether. Any agreements that could be considered legally binding can vanish as if it never happened.
All in all though no one should be using any instant messaging platform for carrying out business transactions and agreements. You should be setting up an official email to conduct your business. If you're using Telegram to conduct business you should cease doing so immediately and use another platform (like email) that will not allow your client to delete messages they sent to you or you sent to them.
Hey all! A HUGE heads up that Telegram has rolled out a new privacy feature that will allow a chat partner to remove any part of a conversation from any time in the entire conversation history even if it was from you. This is both good and bad.
Why is this good? Privacy. Telegram is primarily focused on privacy stuff and this is their way of helping with that.
Why is this very bad for you as an artist? Any conversation you have on this platform can be subject to the person you're talking to just wiping it out. This means anything they agreed to such as payments or whatnot will suddenly go poof into the aether. Any agreements that could be considered legally binding can vanish as if it never happened.
All in all though no one should be using any instant messaging platform for carrying out business transactions and agreements. You should be setting up an official email to conduct your business. If you're using Telegram to conduct business you should cease doing so immediately and use another platform (like email) that will not allow your client to delete messages they sent to you or you sent to them.
one of the reasons why I'm glad I make people submit commission request through google form as well as making clear the ToS in my paypal invoices as well
It maybe slight common sense but it's always best to bring attention to it, you never know. Thank you Steel!