10 tips for your Discord server

When enabled, server-wide two-factor authentication (2FA) requires all moderators and administrators to have 2FA enabled on their accounts in order to perform administrative actions such as deleting messages.
By requiring 2FA to be enabled for all administrator accounts, the server is protected from malicious users who may attempt to compromise one of the moderator or administrator accounts and then make unwanted changes to the server. The Server 2FA button is found by selecting the "Moderation" item in the server settings.
2FA must be enabled in one's account before this option can be enabled.

Enabling the offensive media content filter automatically detects and deletes images and uploads that are deemed inappropriate. This allows members to share content such as images and embeds while reducing the risk of offensive material appearing in Safe For Work (SFW) channels.
This options is found by selecting "Moderation" in the server settings.
Filter settings for offensive media content
Do Not Scan Media Content - With this setting, Discord will not proactively delete sent media on the server that contains objectionable content. Note that all media uploaded to Discord will still be scanned for child safety content Scan media content from members without roles - With this setting, Discord automatically scans and deletes offensive content sent by users without roles. This is the recommended option for servers that use roles for trusted members. Scan media content from all members - With this setting, Discord automatically scans and deletes offensive content from all members, regardless of roles.

It is best to have the server's rules pinned in a welcome channel of the server. This way new members will see them directly and escape a possible ban or similar. From Discord there is no specific set of rules, ergo the imagination is limitless.

With a right click on an empty space in the channel list you can create a new category. How the server is built is completely up to the creator. The categories help to keep the overview on the server. It also helps new visitors to find their way around. Creating a voice channel works via right-click and can be dragged-and-dropped into a category. With a right click on the channel it can be edited. The bitrate and the user limit are two pretty simple options. But under "Permissions" it gets interesting again. There you can assign channel specific permissions to roles and even to single members on the server.
If a member wants to manage his own channel on the server, this permission can be given to him. However, he can then only edit this one channel. The last thing that can be done is to send an invitation. The fastest and easiest way to do this is to right click on a channel and select the option Instant Invitation.
Under the invitation link is written very small in blue "Edit invitation link". By clicking on it, you can set the expiration time and the maximum number of uses that the invitation link has available. You can also allow the invitation link to have a temporary membership.

In order to run a successful server users should have the opportunity, without many rights, to develop completely freely. This means that they have enough fun and feedback channels. Such "fun" channels can be defined so that, for example, only pet pictures may be posted or so-called "foodporn", ergo pictures of great food. So the members have the chance to get to know each other through such small things, through newly gained topics of conversation. It is also advantageous to create a meme text channel, in which only memes for amusement may be posted.
A feedback channel should also find a place on the server. In this channel the users can post suggestions for improvement of the server or general concerns. This will give other users the chance to vote on it and have the opportunity to change something as a community on the server in their favor.

Emojis are a good but also dangerous tool to design a server. The line between a nice overview and obscure kitsch is very thin. Unique emojis should be used for channels to avoid confusion, i.e. for a pet channel a dog or cat would be a good emoji but not a normal human as an emoji.

As mentioned above, you can define roles and thus the permissions that users have on the server. But it is not only important what rights the members have, but how to get them and how they are named. The names of the roles should be adapted to the server, that is, if you build a gaming community, the role names should be adapted to the games that are played. It is also possible to create special roles for special events or for, for example, tournament winners or similar. Through such unique roles, members feel valued and thus strive for increased participation in community events.

It's really surprisingly easy to set up a bot on the Discord server. Below is a Discord bot guide that explains step by step how to set up a bot on Discord.

Discord has an extra website just for bots. You can find it here: https://discordbots.org/

What is the use of a bot?

A Discord bot is quite useful for the administration of a large server of the Twitch community. It can be used to interact with the community in a wonderful way.

Besides simple music bots, some also have administrative capabilities. So it's possible to simply type into the chat if you want to ban someone, assign them a role, or just have them play a song. This is much faster than scrolling through an everlasting list of users.

How to install a bot

Through the above linked page you can find many different bots, here you should choose a suitable one. On "View" you can see the functions of the bot, which should be viewed before installing it. With the "Invite" button, the bot is fetched onto the server. It is best to give it all the rights that are requested during installation. Otherwise there may be problems with the commands.

The commands are different for each bot and there is no universal guide. However, the programmers write the bot as simple and direct as possible. Commands like "!ban" or "!mute" will probably be found again with many bots.

After installation, the bot will appear in the member list as a normal server visitor.

Through the above linked page you can find many different bots, here you should choose a suitable one. On "View" you can see the functions of the bot, which should be viewed before installing it. With the "Invite" button, the bot is fetched onto the server. It is best to give it all the rights that are requested during installation. Otherwise there may be problems with the commands.

The commands are different for each bot and there is no universal guide. However, the programmers write the bot as simple and direct as possible. Commands like "!ban" or "!mute" will probably be found again with many bots.

The bot will show up in the member list as a normal server visitor after installation.