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layout: post
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comments: true
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title: "How to private message people on Telegram without getting reported for spam"
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category: [english]
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tags: [telegram, english, spam]
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redirect_from: /telegram.html
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*This should be obvious, but is apparently not as at time of writing I have
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blocked and reported around 30 people for spam.*
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## Rules applying to everyone
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* Ask for permission on group before messaging me or your message is spam.
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* If you do message without permission, type your greeting and message on
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the first line using proper English (or in my case Finnish).
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* I am not going to read multiple lines of spam just to figure out if
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it's spam or not.
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* I am not native English speaker, so if the message consist entirely
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of improper English, I have to decipher the message which might go
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over my abilities which makes the message spam.
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* If you request *please don't report me for spam*, that seals your message
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as spam.
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* If I express disinterest towards the discussion, forward you somewhere
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else or say that I cannot help you, **stop!** Otherwise you become
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spammer again.
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There are also other factors such as my mood, but if you follow these
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instructions and don't ask anything [offensive](https://github.com/Mikaela/freenode-harassment/blob/master/spydar007/2015-01-12.query.log#L6),
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there is good chance that I or any reasonable person doesn't report you
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for spam.
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## If we know each other
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* The rules applying to everyone also apply to you.
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* If we know each other, I might not follow them so strictly.
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* Remember that I have facial blindness and bad name memory, so I
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might not recognize you leading to spam report.
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* If we have shared our phone numbers, the report spam button doesn't
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appear.
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## Further reading
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* [Telegram spam FAQ](https://telegram.org/faq_spam) which Telegram
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**should force new users to read** *in my opinion.*
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* The questions two and three are the most important in my opinion.
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* If you use your brains, you will see that this page is in line with
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the spam FAQ, but tries to be more idiotproof.
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* If you do get your account limited (=prevented from contacting people
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privately whose number you don't have and who doesn't have your number,
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punishment from spamming), contact the
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[spambot](https://telegram.me/spambot) instead of complaining on
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groups..
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* Why I react so badly to spam or have written this (n addition to 30+ at
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time of writing blocks and spam reports)
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[part1](https://mikaela.info/english/2015/04/02/umodeg.html),
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[part2](https://mikaela.info/english/2015/05/10/umodeg2.html) &
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[request for Telegram that would decrease amount of spam reports](https://twitter.com/Inaneierase/status/719844660139700224).
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