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Telegram deleted inactive user channels — founder

Inactive channels "created a graveyard of dead usernames that cluttered search results and prevented millions of Telegram users from selecting appropriate public addresses for their accounts, groups and channels," the messenger founder Pavel Durov added

MOSCOW, August 29. /TASS/. Telegram deleted all public addresses of channels not used over the year, Founder of the messenger Pavel Durov wrote in his Telegram channel.

"In mid-August, we withdrew all public Telegram addresses linked to channels that were empty or inactive for the last year," Durov noted.

"We will gradually reintroduce 99% of these addresses into public use, this time with algorithmic and geolocation limitations so that more users, and not just a select few, can benefit," he said.

Inactive channels "created a graveyard of dead usernames that cluttered search results and prevented millions of Telegram users from selecting appropriate public addresses for their accounts, groups and channels," the messenger founder added.