I’m creating a bot that will soon be used on a channel and will have to spit out a fair amount of messages. I already have a system set up, but I was wondering how bots like Nightbot, Moobot, and Mikuia are able to chat so many messages on so many different channels without getting banned. It seems …

Alright, the bot is supposed to be used on different channels (like Nightbot and Moobot). I was asking because I needed to know how to make sure that the bot didn’t get itself banned by giving lots of users feedback on different channels. So if you log into the same account on different IPs, then t…

[image] TreeHouseFalcon: needed to know how to make sure that the bot didn’t get itself banned by giving lots of users feedback Use a global message counter to prevent hitting the limits.

[image] BarryCarlyon: The large multi channel bots, create more than one instance of the bot running from more than One IP Address I believe. Mikuia runs from one IP address.

How are you guys able to keep it sending messages as fast as it does without it having to run on different IPs?

you don’t need separate IPs, only separate connections

It’s just like @Hatsuney said: [image] Hatsuney: you don’t need separate IPs, only separate connections You can have 30 different instances of your bot from the same IP. Twitch only uses your IP when they ban you for surpassing their limits, but their limits are per connection and not by IP …

heh I always thought it was per IP, must of go that wire crossed at somepoint…

[image] VitruxPT: You can have 30 different instances of your bot from the same IP. is that a specific number or are you just giving an example

It’s only an example, i think you can have as many as you want

It’s not documented anywhere, it has never been but i assume that’s how it works. The docs are better now but there’s still some info missing about the chat limits. They have always been a little bit confusing, especially for new devs.

How are some bots able to bypass the message limit?

Chat and IRC

BarryCarlyon February 13, 2017, 12:42pm 13

This post Problem with own java lib seems to contract dict what people are saying in this thread.

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How are some bots able to bypass the message limit?

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