OK. help me with the discord server

Jesse Spice

A general and content share channel are pretty good foundational ones, and really more can always be added as you get a feel for what’s talked about in the server/the general interests of everyone. Really the only extra channels I’d suggest are music (cause sharing what you’re listening to is always nice) and a meta/administration channel for general server housekeeping

HydroPotato5

Maybe a content-share channel, to reduce clogging of embeds in the general channel! It's often done so that people can chat in general chat without their discussion being suddenly interrupted by someone's well-prepared dinner, or a cat or something or a meme

I'd be happy to help manage if you need an extra set of hands, I help run or directly run a ton of discord servers! :)

I've created a few small Discord servers and what I discovered is that the most successful ones build out naturally. When I've tried overthinking the channels they tend to go unused and overburden the sidebar. So like Kota mentioned, starting small could be good and as your patrons chat you might find reasons to make more channels, maybe even some that are tier locked. This could help negate neglect too because channels only get created when there are people looking to actively use them 😊 Also, sidenote: When people unsubscribe they aren't always taken off of the Discord. If you do tier locked channels there will be some manual user management required. I've contacted Patreon about it once before but they sadly chose not to fix the issue 😔

fenn

I think it would maybe be fun to have a channel for cat or other pet pictures if that seems like a nice thing :) a few of the servers I'm in have that and it's always fun and wholesome!

monday

i totally see what u mean re: spaces for specific tiers . i am gonna take that into consideration bc i could see things getting stratified and funky. i just worry abt not providing people with enough rewards for their contributions, but maybe that's the sort of thing that doesn't need to be a part of this server. i think ur right about keeping chats to a minimum bc in my experience being a part of normal discord servers, most of the channels sit unused anyway. thank you for sharing ur thoughts, this helps inform my choices going forward!!

kota

what you’ve got going is great imo! my only suggestion would be to think up a handful of those rules you’d like upheld between peeps, which most servers have- just the general don’t be an asshole stuff, but maybe sprinkled in with your own touches? That, and while I see the effort with making a little cubbyhole for the highest tier(s), in my experience either one or the other gets neglected and people don’t end up using it. I personally think one or two chats maximum, viewable and interactable between all tiers would probably end up working better for everyone, I doubt anyone would really have a problem with it. If you really wanted to separate the tiers on discord into neat little rows, roles are always an option: which the patreon integration interacts with already, so once you figure that out it’ll be more streamlined. I think that’s it? U will do fine yes yes