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Single Channel Discord FTW!

I’ve struggled to get Discord up and running and to be able to properly monitor it such that it isn’t abused. But I think I’ve found the ideal solution (having had a community member or two recommend it): just use a single channel with user-created threads.

This solves a bunch of problems that I’ll just summarize as bullet points:

• Easy to monitor one channel from screen during the day
• Integrates better with IRC and/or Twitch if wanted
• Allows users to create own threads instead of asking for channels
• Provides persistent place to post URLs instead of Twitch
• Allows off-line conversations to continue after Twitch session
• Provides better sense of community
• Fewer places for nefarious people to hide and troll
• People feel less FOMA because there is only one simple place to watch

In order to still have a “community” (according to Discord) you still need a rules channel and Discord forces a “moderators only” channel for their notifications. Other than that, I have just have the live channel and lobby for talk shows and podcasts (which I cover elsewhere).

Also some things to remember:

• Disable “Posting Media” which includes anything but text or links
• Get good at removing content, keep Discord up all the time

Related:

• 20220103102120 🖼️ Single Channel Discord

Tags:

#community #live #admin #discord #edtech

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