# User Getting Around R9K mode

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/user-getting-around-r9k-mode/8408>\
**Category:** Chat and IRC\
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/user-getting-around-r9k-mode/8408 "2016-12-05T07:23:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Connor\_Lersch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@Connor\_Lersch](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Connor_Lersch)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/user-getting-around-r9k-mode/8408/1 "2016-12-05T07:23:28Z")

</div>

User can continuously spam in chat, identical messages that r9k mode should stop. Does anyone know how he does it, it is ruining my chat. No invisible characters are being used, and no modification of the message. It should be blocked by r9k like everyone else

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![IllusionaryOne](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/illusionaryone/32/2011_2.png) [@IllusionaryOne](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/IllusionaryOne)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 6:44am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/user-getting-around-r9k-mode/8408/2 "2016-12-06T06:44:10Z")

</div>

Hi! This is a forum for 3rd party developers. You might look at sending a Tweet to @TwitchSupport or contacting [support@twitch.tv](mailto:support@twitch.tv) explaining the issue that you are seeing with r9k mode.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![DallasNChains](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/dallasnchains/32/1608_2.png) [@DallasNChains](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/DallasNChains)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2016, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/user-getting-around-r9k-mode/8408/3 "2016-12-06T12:41:45Z")

</div>