Publishing one post to several Telegram channels
Cross-posting done right: why manual copying breaks, when it is a bad idea, and how a failure in one channel should not silence the rest.
Once you run two channels, copying posts by hand starts to look reasonable. It works until the first typo you fix in one place and forget in the other.
Forwarding is not the answer
The obvious move is to forward the post from the main channel. Technically easy, but the message keeps the “forwarded from” header, and subscribers of the second channel see they were handed a copy. For a network of channels run by one author that reads as careless.
What publishing to several places means
The right behaviour is independent copies. The same text goes to each channel as its own message: no forwarding header, its own channel signature, its own buttons.
The important detail is independence on failure. If the bot lost rights in the second channel, the first must still publish. An all-or-nothing transaction is harmful here: silence in three channels because of one broken target is a bad trade.
When not to do it
The same post in channels with different audiences feels like a mailing list. If one channel is professional and the other personal, two different texts about the same event work better.
Cross-posting earns its place when channels differ by language, region or format, and the event is one.
How it works here
Targets are picked inside the editor: a channel, a second channel, a group — you see where the post goes before writing it. Before saving, the list of destinations is shown, and each copy publishes on its own. See the scheduler page.