Rasschitat Bot: Invite Counter

A group has a hundred members, and you want to know who actually brings in new people. Asking everyone is awkward, and counting by hand takes forever. Rasschitat•Bot (Рассчитать•Бот) takes it on: it counts how many people each member added to the group. 🔖

The name misleads. The bot has nothing to do with calculators or budgets.

What exactly it counts

The bot profile line is short: it counts new members added to your group. For you that means a table of who invited how many.

Beyond counts per person, such bots help you see where growth comes from. That is especially useful in chats that run contests for the best inviter.

Connecting in a couple of minutes

1. Open the bot and press /start.
2. Add it to your group and make it an admin.
3. Pick a language with /lang.
4. Read the help in /help, where all commands are listed.

Admin rights let the bot see who adds new members. Without them it may work with errors. ⚙️

Why count invitations

The count is not idle curiosity. It settles several questions fairly.

• Contests. The prize goes to whoever brought more people, and no argument about the winner arises.
• Thanking active members. You see who grows the community and deserves credit.
• Community growth. You learn if your promotions bring in new people.

Announce the contest rules in the chat beforehand so nobody is surprised. 🏆

Fair play and cheating

Any invitation ranking nudges people toward tricks. Adding dead accounts or friends who leave right away means faking the result.

So write into the contest rules that only members who stay in the chat count. A moderator should glance over newcomers now and then. 👀

Languages and help

The bot lets you pick a language, which suits groups that speak several. The command list is always under /help, and news appears in the project channel.

If the bot stops reacting, check that it is still an admin of the group. That is the most common cause of failures. Then send /start again.

Running an invitation contest

The most common scenario for such a bot is a weekly contest. Here is a simple order that works in most groups.

1. Announce the period and the date for results.
2. Name the prize and the conditions, for example a minimum number of members who stay.
3. Pin the rules in the chat so everyone sees them.
4. Announce results publicly and thank everyone who took part.

Do not make contests too frequent: people soon tire of being asked to invite acquaintances. 🎁

Member privacy

Tell people in the chat that you keep an invitation count. It is not secret information, but openness builds trust. Do not publish lists with personal data and do not use the results to pressure members.