The messenger "Max" has started testing comments in public channels.

The national messenger Maks has started testing comments in public channels. This was announced on June 26 by the press service of the digital platform.

"More than 100 authors, bloggers, politicians, military officers and the media took part in the test. Among them: TV presenter Yulia Vysotskaya, sports blogger Alexey Stolyarov, influencer Valya Carnival, Vedomosti newspaper, military expert Kirill Fedorov, media outlet RBC Lifestyle, Mash on Sports, and Rossiya 1 TV channel.

It is specified that within a few weeks, the authors of all public and private channels will be able to connect comments. To do this, you will need to activate the corresponding option called "Comments", which will appear in the channel settings.

At the same time, the opportunity to leave a comment is already available to all users of the Russian messenger on Android devices, as well as in the desktop and web versions of the application. Recipients will be able to see the number of comments and respond to them on behalf of their channel.

As of June this year, the number of all channels in Max has exceeded 9 million, with a total audience of 400 million people.

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The day before, it became known that the number of advertisers at Max had increased 18-fold. The site's share in the total volume of labeled content increased from 0.8% in January to 5.35% in May.