# What is considered abuse?

**URL:** <https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-is-considered-abuse/7448>\
**Category:** API\
**Created:** [September 17, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-is-considered-abuse/7448 "2016-09-17T01:50:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Taizun](https://d3ovvz0v2ajtpu.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/discuss.dev.twitch.com/taizun/32/1983_2.png) [@Taizun](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/u/Taizun)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2016, 5:26am UTC](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/what-is-considered-abuse/7448/2 "2016-09-17T05:26:12Z")

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Hi @dritchie0042

Please see the following topics that go over this exact question. Some of them might have the answer you’re looking for:

> [@Rate Limit Question (TwitchAlerts dev)](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/rate-limit-question-twitchalerts-dev/1048):
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> Hi there, I’m the developer of TwitchAlerts and I wanted to get some info on how rate limiting works. While I haven’t hit any limits yet, TwitchAlerts is growing quickly and I want to make sure that I don’t run into any issues in the future. Is there a way to get an elevated token, or how do you guys decide what is “too much”? I don’t see any hard numbers anywhere, so any information is super helpful. I really love the API, and the documentation makes it easy to get things done! Cheers, Tom

> [@IRC rate limits queries](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/irc-rate-limits-queries/7101):
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> In the middle of building rate limiting for my bot before distributing it. Just a query regarding the rates as this is the one thing I’m not clear on. I’m aware of the 20 messages per 30 seconds for non-mods, 100 for mods and the rate is shared so you send 50 on mod then 1 on non-mod you get 8-hour’d. I’m also aware this restriction is on a per-connection basis. Okay, so this period of time. How is it measured? Assuming modded, If I send 100 messages in 1 second, then 30 seconds later I can sen…

> [@Twitch API connection limit?](https://discuss.dev.twitch.com/t/twitch-api-connection-limit/7233/4):
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> Since you say bot I will assume you are referring to an IRC connection. In that case remember: Message rate limit lockouts are by IP address. So if one account exceeds the limit all the rest will be locked out too. Channel join and auth limits are for the entire IP address.

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