Accept Join Requests: Auto-Approve Bot

Your channel grows from ads, and suddenly join requests pile up by the dozens while you click accept on each one by hand. The Accept Join Requests bot does it for you: when someone applies, the bot approves it. ✅

Why channels use requests

An invite link can work in two modes. In the normal one, a person joins at once. In request mode, they first ask for access, and an admin decides whether to let them in.

Request mode helps for a few reasons:

• Statistics. You see how many people actually wanted to join, only those who joined.
• Control. You can filter out obvious bots.
• Direct message. Some bots can write to an applicant while they wait.

But handling a stream of requests by hand is tiring. That is what auto-approval is for. ⏱️

Connect it in five minutes

1. Create an invite link with request mode turned on.
2. Start the bot and add it to the channel as an administrator.
3. Give it the right to add members, since without it the bot cannot approve requests.
4. Send a test request from a spare account and confirm it gets approved.
5. Hand out the link in ads only after the test.

Nothing else needs configuring. The bot's description says one thing: it automatically accepts requests to join the channel. 🤖

When auto-approval makes sense

Use it when you want request statistics but not the time cost. A typical case is an ad campaign where hundreds of people arrive in an hour.

It suits open channels with news, collections or learning materials. There is no point vetting each person there.

When auto-approval hurts

If the channel is paid, closed or has entry rules, an automatic bot lets everyone in. It cannot tell a person from a fake account.

In those cases approve by hand or pick a bot with checks. Spend ten minutes testing, and a closed channel will not end up open to the public. ⚠️

Safety measures for the admin

• Rights. Give the bot only the rights needed for approving requests.
• Review. Look through the member list now and then for suspicious accounts.
• Fallback. If the bot stops responding, you will have to approve requests by hand again.
• Trust. An admin with extra rights can, for example, delete posts. Choose services with a clear owner.

A quick checklist before ads

Check the link, the bot's rights and the approval itself. Decide in advance what to do with inactive subscribers. Prepare the channel's look: a pinned post, a description and rules, so newcomers know right away what to expect. 🙂