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@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ be conservative about automatically re-connecting to the server or channel.
 
 if your bot's code is not yet stable, keep it in the #bots channel and do testing there.
 
+don't join #chaos or #shitposting unless you want your bot to be spammed to hell and back.
+
 ## tilde.team bot starter kit
 
 [khuxkm](https://khuxkm.tilde.team) is hard at work developing a starter kit framework in python that you can use to build your own irc bot. find the [source here](https://git.tildeverse.org/team/teambot). it's installed globally on ~team, so get coding!