So, this little article is sparked by a ton of questions about how invites work in channels. Today, we're diving into all the possible answers to that question.

How do you invite more than 200 initial users to a channel?

YOU CAN'T, LIKE, AT ALL!!! Well, that's pretty much the gist of it...

Okay, technically you can't do it now, but there used to be this thing where you could ban and unban users to boost numbers. That bug's long gone, though.

BUT! What if you find yourself in a channel with over 200 members without subscribing? Let's look at how you might have ended up there:

• You were invited before the channel hit 200 members, then they just cranked up the numbers.
• You clicked to join a channel that requires approval. The thing is, you can sit in the approval queue for weeks, and then they'll just approve everyone at once. Some channels even sell this service separately.
• The channel you were subscribed to got taken over and flooded with new posts.

So those are the ways you might end up in random channels. As you can see, no magic involved.

As for known bugs in channel adds, there's no data or mentions of any. All investigations have consistently pointed to these three scenarios