dictionary.tg was/is a project that I helped on, providing ideas, etc. The initial idea (not mine) was to have a Wikipedia like structure, but we eventually settled on making a dictionary. There were a multitude of features that I brainstormed, such as having an iceberg for the dictionary (like those lore iceberg images, but instead it's how well known the knowledge is) dictionary games, and much further expansion. Ultimately, not much came to fruition. Gathering information was a very gradual process which didn't take any specified amount of time, we mostly added definitions as we went along. We gathered sources from what we deemed as "reputable". Admittedly, we didn't put enough thought into this at the beginning.
6⃣ Which community-made projects on Telegram do you appreciate the most, and which ones inspired you to start creating your own?
Back in the day, at my youthful age, I loved custom Telegram clients, more specifically TGX for a period of time, and wished to build a Telegram client using TDLib, entirely from scratch for Android. This idea never happened as I'm no programmer, and even if it did, It'd be nigh impossible.
7⃣ One of the most controversial topics on Telegram is gifts. What do you think about the direction Telegram gifts have taken from 2024 up to today?
I saw gifts as an idea that made sense from Telegram's perspective, at least back then. I don't keep up to date with most features now, but as a rule of thumb, when thinking about most features, you have to not only think from your perspective, but Telegram's as well. You can see how they've matured the feature over time, and if Telegram just purely made messaging featured, it'd become oversaturated, and they'd run out of ideas or get idea burnout much faster.
8⃣ Do you think Telegram has improved over time in terms of moderation, support, community, and features?
Honestly, I've not really been on Telegram much in recent times, but from what I've gotten glimpse at, it looks like they are trying to minimize their spam issues.
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