You can now use SWAPD via Telegram!

IdiotNoob

To remedy the countless users who claim they don’t like to use SWAPD to chat, and to combat our recent removal of SWAPD from the AppStore, we’re now introducing a new way to stay connected to SWAPD. Thanks to @coehn’s idea, we’ve connected SWAPD with Telegram. You will now be able to receive notifications from your PMs and Topics via our official swapd_bot. This ensures that you will stay connected and receive instant push notifications. This is especially important for our iPhone users, who will soon no longer have access to our official iOS app (Android users, you’ve won this battle). While this solution isn’t ideal, it does keep you informed about the latest messages/events on your account. All your PMs will be organized under one chat thread, and to respond to any PM/user, simply swipe left on your Telegram message bubble.

We’ve personally found that it can be a tad overwhelming to have many messages in one thread, but for a casual user, this addition should be a welcomed change. We plan to release an update soon that will limit notifications to PM/topics only, to avoid clutter. Things like likes/auctions/random notifications will not be seen in the next releases of this plugin.

You can still use the SWAPD app on your iOS via our Discourse Hub method. SWAPD official (still working) iOS app is only compatible with iPhones 10 to 13. iPhone 14 users will have to use the Discourse Hub or connect via Telegram.

To add your SWAPD account to your Telegram, follow these instructions:
https://swapd.co/docs?tags=how-to&topic=744697

UPDATE:

We’ve updated the SWAPD + Telegram connection and removed unnecessary notifications. You will now only receive PM/Topic notifications. It’s much cleaner now, and easier to use.

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As mentioned earlier, we’re just a few days from releasing an update that will kill random notifications such as those. It’s just a tiny translation bug, it will be resolved soon :slight_smile:

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Love the idea!

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You tbh should have a discord as well after this great decision the swapd team has made. Great networking between members.

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Sorry I am a total noob, where does the chat ID go in preferences? :face_with_peeking_eye:

To add your SWAPD account to your Telegram, follow these instructions:
https://swapd.co/docs?tags=how-to&topic=744697

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Did you find it?

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It would be cool to see all the history of each member I have chatted with in one thread. For instance if they say they will do something for a certain price I have to set a reminder or screenshot in case that thread gets lost. Because when I click message that same member it will start a new topic and all history will be gone unless I find that same thread. So you could have 14 different threads to go through for that person when trying to find what they said prior versus just scrolling up all history ever in one thread

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This is very true^ using swapd messages is a real hustle

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Love this idea, just set it up. Thanks for doing this!

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I guess that will be solved with chat? You can also use in:all-pms KEYWORD in our search bar to find anything in your inbox, quickly.

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this is just perfect and a great idea, thanks!

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Thank you so much @SWAPD

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Thank @coehn.

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Great idea, thank you @SWAPD

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Smooth idea. Thank you.

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Yep I got It, this is awesome! :raised_hands:

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Thanks for this man

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