How are some bots able to bypass the message limit?

Hey @DallasNChains, can we get some insight on this subject?

I’ve been reading the Developer Agreement again (more precisely the “IV - C - Rate Limits” topic) and I couldn’t determine if using multiple TCP connections is a possible violation of this agreement.

I don’t think there’s another way to let our bots distribute the load across thousands of channels besides using multiple TCP connections.
I don’t know if white-listing is a thing on Twitch (besides whispers) since it isn’t documented anywhere, but if it is, how can we apply and what are the new limits to make sure our services keep running?

Most developers get “scared” on how to handle Twitch’s chat limits (probably because of the mod status that they need to keep an eye to make sure they don’t surpass the limits if they get unmoded in the middle of a stream)