diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/dm_channels.py b/litecord/blueprints/dm_channels.py
index 1f0f4cc..a79ed8b 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/dm_channels.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/dm_channels.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from litecord.enums import ChannelType, MessageType
 from litecord.errors import BadRequest, Forbidden
 from litecord.snowflake import get_snowflake
 from litecord.system_messages import send_sys_message
+from litecord.pubsub.channel import gdm_recipient_view
 
 log = Logger(__name__)
 bp = Blueprint('dm_channels', __name__)
@@ -85,8 +86,14 @@ async def _gdm_add_recipient(channel_id: int, peer_id: int, *, user_id=None):
     await _raw_gdm_add(channel_id, peer_id)
 
     chan = await app.storage.get_channel(channel_id)
-    await app.dispatcher.dispatch('user', peer_id, 'CHANNEL_CREATE', chan)
-    await app.dispatcher.dispatch('channel', channel_id, 'CHANNEL_UPDATE', chan)
+
+    # the reasoning behind gdm_recipient_view is in its docstring.
+    await app.dispatcher.dispatch(
+        'user', peer_id, 'CHANNEL_CREATE', gdm_recipient_view(chan, peer_id))
+
+    await app.dispatcher.dispatch(
+        'channel', channel_id, 'CHANNEL_UPDATE', chan)
+
     await app.dispatcher.sub('channel', peer_id)
 
     if user_id:
@@ -108,7 +115,11 @@ async def _gdm_remove_recipient(channel_id: int, peer_id: int, *, user_id=None):
     await _raw_gdm_remove(channel_id, peer_id)
 
     chan = await app.storage.get_channel(channel_id)
-    await app.dispatcher.dispatch('user', peer_id, 'CHANNEL_DELETE', chan)
+    await app.dispatcher.dispatch(
+        'user', peer_id, 'CHANNEL_DELETE', gdm_recipient_view(chan, user_id))
+
+    await app.dispatcher.unsub('channel', peer_id)
+
     await app.dispatcher.dispatch(
         'channel', channel_id, 'CHANNEL_RECIPIENT_REMOVE', {
             'channel_id': str(channel_id),
@@ -116,8 +127,6 @@ async def _gdm_remove_recipient(channel_id: int, peer_id: int, *, user_id=None):
         }
     )
 
-    await app.dispatcher.unsub('channel', peer_id)
-
     if user_id:
         await send_sys_message(
             app, channel_id, MessageType.RECIPIENT_REMOVE,
diff --git a/litecord/pubsub/channel.py b/litecord/pubsub/channel.py
index 3f805b4..2b32a1d 100644
--- a/litecord/pubsub/channel.py
+++ b/litecord/pubsub/channel.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ from litecord.utils import index_by_func
 log = Logger(__name__)
 
 
-def _recipient_view(orig: dict, user_id: int) -> dict:
+def gdm_recipient_view(orig: dict, user_id: int) -> dict:
     """Create a copy of the original channel object that doesn't
     show the user we are dispatching it to.
 
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ChannelDispatcher(DispatcherWithState):
                 # we edit the channel payload so it doesn't show
                 # the user as a recipient
 
-                new_data = _recipient_view(data, user_id)
+                new_data = gdm_recipient_view(data, user_id)
                 cur_sess = await self._dispatch_states(
                     states, event, new_data)
             else: