Topics

Telegram's Forums and Topics update added a new way for communities to spread themselves across Telegram. Most of these changes mirror regular groups, but there are some notable changes that users might find unexpected!

Note

Each topic should is a subset of the forum; Rose's settings are shared across all topics in a forum.

Action topics

Forums have the concept of a default topic, usually the "general" topic. This is where Rose will send welcome messages.

Getting the current action topic

You can get the current action topic using the following command:

/actiontopic

Setting a new action topic

You can also set new action topic by running this command in the desired action topic:

/setactiontopic

Topic management

You can also use the bot to create, rename, close and delete your topics.

Creating new topics

You can create a new topic using the following command:

/newtopic <name>

Example

To create a new topic called "games", you would use:

/newtopic games

Renaming topics

You can rename a topic by using the following command in the topic you would like to rename:

/renametopic <name>

Closing topics

You can close a topic by using the following command in the topic you would like to close:

/closetopic

Note

Admins are still able to post in closed topics!

Reopening topics

You can reopen a previously closed topic by using the following command in the topic you would like to reopen:

/reopentopic

Deleting topics

You can entirely delete a topic by using the following command in the topic you would like to close:

/deletetopic

This will delete the topic completely, as well as all the messages in it.

Note

This cannot be undone, so use with care!