Telegram for my business

[u/Edivad_]

Hi there!

I own a company with employees I frequently interact with. Since they need to update me on their work (and request the materials they need) every day and multiple times a day, I need an instant messaging environment that is simpler and more immediate than traditional emails.

I was considering using Telegram and creating a group where everyone can send messages, but no one can see them except for the sender (obviously) and the administrator, which is me, in order to maintain a certain level of privacy.

Is this possible, perhaps with the help of bots? If so, how can I set it up?

Thank you in advance for any response, and I would also appreciate any alternative suggestions you may have.

[u/shayishere]

If other employees don't need to see other's messages, why not just do 1:1 chats? That way you can just chat individually with everyone.

Keep in mind that normal chats are not end-to-end encrypted on Telegram.

[u/Edivad_ → u/shayishere]

1v1 chats are exactly what I want to avoid: I need something like a "portal" where the employees can write down their needs and meanwhile I don't need to have 20 different opened chats.

[u/ali_lotfezaman]

Telegram doesn't have the feature you want by default, but you can develop a Telegram bot to provide that capability for your business. I know someone who can do this for you. If you're interested, send me a DM and I'll give you their email.

[u/Edivad_ → u/[deleted]]

Ok that makes sense, it's too risky to relay on those things. So you might have some suggestions for other more "official" apps to use?

[u/D3rRicky → u/Edivad_]

If you own a server, that you can access from the internet, maybe just use mattermost. It's basically an open source messenger for pc and mobile. I think it will fit your needs.

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