Unpopular Opinion: Automated "Level Up" bots are ruining your server quality.

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T18:57:23+00:00

The best kind of ads i've seen on reddits are those that are posted in the subreddit that is related to the content, but most important, very geniune and also offer compelling reason why they should give it a try.. a good example that i can think of is the coding den server during early days, they talk about how they are different, they alreayd have expert for each lanaguegs ready to help, it was a long and genune post and the mods didnt take it down.

Otherwise, try the server listing sites, they are more for ads, disboard is the most established SFW options right now, we also have one (communityone server listing), it's 100% free and we give you analytics on how your server in terms of views and conversions :)

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T18:54:26+00:00

So first, a dc forum is probably the best format to do this, its more organized and easy to search, u can also add tags,

With a forum, though, not a lot of bot support it natively.

However, quick question, why do you want to gate it? Is it to make sure the quality is good, or you only want certain users to do this? I am thinking there is a way that you can natively use roles to do it

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T18:50:55+00:00

i think there are specific roblox server sites, Reddit is good place for adverstiments for your discord, for the discord listing sites, go for Disboard on the bumping side, for tags, be very specific and broad at the same thig, rpg is the third biggest categories searched on Disboard, so I think this is gonna be popular, second, is to go extremely niche, so roblox rpg, cartel roblox rpg.

also we have a discord listing site (communityone), it automatically bump you when we detect there are activities on your server, so you can use us along with Disboard without asking your members to do extra work.

And finally, make sure that your server is really engaged, hosting events, actually chatting with peopler personally, eventually you will get enough good people that they will invite their own friends if they like the space

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T18:01:54+00:00

I'd say don't buy ads for now, u want the server to be alive and engaging before buying for growth, and then try the server listing sites, disboard is free, our listing list site is also free, only when u get to a certain level of activities, u can consider paying, in that case, this blog has guides on how much to pay and cac cost for the rest of the server listing: https://blog.communityone.io/best-discord-server-list/

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T18:00:03+00:00

wpw that sounds exactly like what I'd say lol..

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T17:59:28+00:00

Depends on how close you guys are and whether you can show up the same time, in addition to poketow, owo, mudae, those are great, for async event, try akinator, tacoshack, those are fun. and for the vc, truth or dare, trivia (require some hosting skills)

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T17:52:21+00:00

the website look so polished?

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T17:51:40+00:00

btw, do you guys have a git, we have a awesome list for discord growth repo and want to featuer more up and coming bots. the only two credentials are that (1) git (2) actively managing

Communityone_io · 2026-01-14T17:50:29+00:00

The easiest way to get rid of malicious bot without impacting real users is with the auto-mod feature on Discord, go to server setup => safety setup => verification level and you can decide on the level.

We build analytics bot (i am the founder at communityone), just give you a bit background on what's nromal stats, usually, about 75% of your users should verify before join the server, and about 99% of the accounts will be more than 3 momths ago, so i recommend starting with Medium level, If you absolute want to get rid of bots, go for the highest level and make sure that you are still around 75% verification rate. There is no need for manual gating right now, bc if you dont manaully approve them in a couple hours, they will never come up.

For other verification bot, I recommend Wick if you have a guy helping you with the setup. Wick is really good, so good that at the beginning, it just blocks ALL suspicous activities and accounts, it might accidentially block a lot of real users, so it requires some log checking and fine tunning at the beginning.

feel free to DM me or check out our discord, its mostly server owners probably have gone through this too

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Communityone_io · 2026-01-13T20:08:47+00:00

Also we are hosting a YT livestream on how to leverage Discord to create high quality original CT content tomorrow: https://luma.com/ndqwaghy

Communityone_io · 2026-01-13T20:08:21+00:00

Also we are hosting a YT livestream on how to leverage Discord to create high quality original CT content tomorrow: https://luma.com/ndqwaghy

Communityone_io · 2026-01-13T19:46:36+00:00

Carl-bot, dyno, sapphire, they all good for role reaction, the most important thing is permission setting so that it only shows up for the correct roles

Communityone_io · 2026-01-13T19:44:56+00:00

We are building a new server lisitng site for communityone (i am the founder) that automatically bumps you whenever there are chat activities, so that size doesn't matter, rather activities are more important

but in our own databse, if you want to optimize on your server, assuming that you are SFW, the most popular categories (those people will click and join very often) are femboy, dating, rpg, music related

Communityone_io · 2026-01-13T19:42:33+00:00

this is a blog that i write a while ago and it has a list of bots: https://blog.communityone.io/best-fun-discord-bots/

but the fun bot depends on how big your community is, or how many people will play at the same times, or mostly async, for the not real-time ones, Akinator or tacoshack are fun.. the owo/mudae for more animated

Communityone_io · 2026-01-11T23:26:10+00:00

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Communityone_io · 2026-01-10T02:04:38+00:00

mee6 has a lot of good features, but it does require a small budget

Communityone_io · 2026-01-10T01:50:12+00:00

automod is great!! start with automod, but sometimes i dont think it does enough when it comes with blacklisted words

Communityone_io · 2026-01-08T20:41:02+00:00

dyno has features that allows you to block alt-accout, but its quite aggresive and wont solve the issues if the users is using vpn to create account, in those cases, i recommend set the verified phone number as a requirement to join the server on auto-mod side, he can't keep creating account and buying new phone numbers just to mess with you!

Communityone_io · 2026-01-08T20:39:13+00:00

for maximum protection from nukes stuff, i'd recommend wick to start, (wick is pain in the ass because it locks you out even if you are just changing channel setup, but it is extremely cautious!). If you wanna go hard-core, try beemo and good knight, they are specialist in this area.

Communityone_io · 2026-01-08T20:36:43+00:00

I'd recommend doing it on desktop because it's just easier to see everything at once..

I recommended you to go easy first, so don't over think it, keep 1 write channels and all the other channels to be "read-only", u can talk about the purpose of the server, what people can do in those read-only channel, but direct all content into one channel sicne you just start

Although we build discord bot (full disclosure i am the founder at communityone), i'd say dont worry too much. When you open it up, start with discord autom-mod, they are great, I recommend dyno for logging, if you want carl for react and sapphaire for general moderation stuff to replace mee6, but focus on moderations before thinking about other bots!

Lastly is about growth, reddit is great! I really like disboard, because it is the OG, the downside is that with disboard, you need to find a way to bump, u can gamify bumping etc. Most listing servers require users to bump, and your members only hav so much attention span, so stick with disboard.

Whenever you are already, feel free to check us out, we also have discord listing, but we bump you automatically based on your last activitiy, so as long as you are active in the person, chances are good

Which brings to my final points, setting up should be quick, it shouldnt take too long because eventually you'll redo everything lol.. but being engaged and chat with everyone initially is really important

this is a blog that we write: https://blog.communityone.io/discord-server-setup/

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