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Keep your Community clean from spam with new AutoMod spam filters
We know dealing with spammy messages sucks. If only there was a way spammy messages could be blocked from being posted in your channels and threads in the first placeâŚ
Thankfully, every communityâs best friend in moderation - AutoMod - just got buffed with some new spam-cleansing abilities. Enable AutoMod in Server Settings > AutoMod to save hours of moderation work with these new filters:
Block Mention Spam - Detect and block mention spam and mention raids before they happen to keep chat clean and prevent members in your community from receiving annoying mention notifications and ghost pings. Set your own limit on the number of mentions a message may contain (up to 50).
Block Spam Content - Detect and block messages containing text content that has been widely flagged as spam by user reports. Great for blocking unwanted spam like those pesky free Nitro scams, unsolicited advertisements, and invite spam that disrupt your Community's friendly conversations and game nights.
Check out our updated AutoMod FAQ help article: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/4421269296535-AutoMod-FAQ
Our early plans and progress to protect communities from raids
We know being raided is one of the worst experiences you and your Community can go through which is why weâre giving you a heads up that weâre exploring ways to better detect and prevent raids before they take place, while making it easier to de-escalate a raid when they do happen.
While weâre in the earlier stages of progress here at Discord Labsâ˘, rest assured weâre eager to equip you with effective tools to more easily deal with raids as quickly as we can. So what can you do now?
Report Raids: You can now directly send us feedback reports when a raid is taking place in your server by going to your Server Dropdown and selecting Report Raid. If your Community is being raided, we encourage you to partner with us in our moderation efforts by reporting the situation as weâll be regularly reviewing your raid reports to develop tooling that combat raids.
Pause invitations to your Community at anytime - You can now pause your invite links for when you want to temporarily prevent people from joining your server without having to revoking your invite links or vanity URLs - just head over to Server Settings > Invites.
Because this cuts off the flow of new arrivals, you'll have an easier time halting a raid in progress. It also lets well-intentioned community members trying to join know that the stoppage is temporary, and that soon, theyâll be able to come back to the same link and try again.
Learn more about pausing invites: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/8458903738647
How weâre protecting communities from suspicious links:
To help yâall with the legwork in dealing with messages containing malicious links, weâve buffed every Community server with a proactive suspicious link filter designed to detect and block messages containing links that are verified to be harmful, such as those leading to malware or phishing sites that try to steal peopleâs personal or financial information. Weâll be continuously working on identifying links that might mislead or redirect users by reviewing a regularly updated list of unsafe and phishing websites: https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/7326747355159-Why-was-my-message-not-delivered-
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Want to do a bit more deep thonking and research around how to best use Forum Channels before diving in? The following article on our Community Resources site will guide you on your journey to reaching forum Valhalla: https://discord.com/community/creating-value-with-conversation
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Server Subscriptions available in the US!
Customize tiers, offer exclusive paid content, and meet future subscribers with Promo Pagesâall while providing as much of a free experience to your community as you want. (https://dis.gd/CUServerSubs)
Server Subscriptions are only available in the US. Join our waitlist to be notified if they're available in your area. (https://dis.gd/ServerSubsWaitlist)
Private Threads are now available to all!
Your community no longer needs to have Server Boosting to Level 2 to use Private Threads.
Improvements to Server Insights!
Dates should be more accurate.
Conversations in Forum Channels will contribute to Engagement metrics, and now you can see joins via Student Hubs, Integrations, and Bots.
The requirement to be a Communicator has been increased from 1 to 3 messages sent per week. This only applies to the Engagement tab and doesnât impact Partner requirements.
Forum Channels now with Gallery View!
Gallery View gives posts in image-heavy Forum Channels like #fanart and #pet-pics room to shine - easily toggle between List View and Gallery View at any time.
With this update, Forum Channels are now officially available on all Community servers!
AutoMod keeps getting better!
Alongside more Custom Rules, weâve added Allowlists to your custom rules! Messages containing anything youâve added to your Allowlist will not be flagged by AutoMod.
Weâve also added the ability to filter messages using RegEX in your custom rules. (https://dis.gd/RegEXHC)
Enjoy your new tools, everyone!
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New usernames are lowercase, alphanumeric, limited to certain special characters, and do not have discriminators, making them easier to remember, read, type, and share. Now, rather than having to remember âPhiBi#8936,â you just say âI'm phibiscoolâ and thatâs it. Your new username will be unique to you, and when friends try to add you there wonât be any mistakes of the wrong discriminator or incorrect letter casing.
Display names are whatâs shown both to your friends and in communities. Think of them as server nicknames that work globally across Discord. You can change it whenever you want, and it can be whatever you want, including special characters, as long as it follows our Community Guidelines https://discord.com/guidelines. If a username you were eyeing gets taken before you can claim it, no worries â you can still use it as a display name.
When youâre eligible to change your old username and claim a new username, youâll be notified in-app. The older your Discord account, the sooner you will become eligible to pick a new username.
Visit our blog https://discord.com/blog/usernames to hear from one of our founders about why usernames are changing. To learn more about usernames and display names, check out our Help Center Article https://dis.gd/usernames for all the details. 