This really came right on time. Especially since I just told my server that I'm going to start doing more activities in the server. Thanks for this! Will be adding to my playlist for reference in the future too.
Adding things that arent necessarily what YOU want is a GREAT tip! Letting your community shape the server is a really fun way to make people feel involved & care about it. I know I didn't want to separate channels out too much, but since the community wanted it, we now have a separate WIPs channel (it's a multi-medium art server), a food channel, and a video games channel! Rolling in with the "add things your community wants" - have a questions & suggestions channel! That way if someone doesn't feel comfortable DMing staff, they have a contained place to ask for help & place suggestions! Our staple event, "creative prompts", was a community suggestion that regularly gets people making art and earning in-server currency they can spend on prizes. Also, bonus tip I found for helping keep the community active - I set up a timed command with one of my moderation bots that sends a random check-in message to general every 18hrs. When my server was still struggling to keep active, it helped me remember to check it by putting a notification in there, and it also acted as a conversation starter! We also have a few messages that are community suggested!
Even though I have a private server. These tips are pretty great. I have had this Discord server running for 2 years, and its been going strong especially when I need to take breaks. I think one thing you should mention is taking breaks when necessary, because sometimes keeping up a server can sometimes be stressful and you don't want to lose momentum because of stress for example.
Our first server leader had that and I was the most active Admin so now I’m the leader and am feeling the pressure and IRL stuff compounds. So this video helps me a little bit on how to reinvigorate the server.
Great video. Legit awesome tips! I believe the best one is number 7: being the most active in your own server. Just saying 'Hello' and asking about everyones day usually "jumpstarts" a conversation! And (as long as you don't @ everyone all the time) post literally anything you do, eat, think about. Anything can make people want to chime in and give theit opinions.
Great timing Gael- I'm realising I need to be more deliberate with my server. Having watched this all the way through, I've also added it to my Watch Later list to come back and see how I'm doing on improving.
Thank You so much. This is the advice I wish I had a little bit earlier. This video is excellent. I realize that I have to redo the Server I just started.
I'm gonna be honest, although it's great to be posting on all categories as the discord head, i think that can be counterproductive too. I've had discord servers die because I was the only one posting. Posting is a hive mentality i think. You need a couple people putting in. From my experience, If it's just me or just 1 other person posting, the server dies. Encouraging interacting >>> encouraging posting imo because even when you encourage posting, i've found that people would just post a bunch of random stuff even if it's provocative or cringe (just to get a reaction) and then it becomes an attention war, where no one is interacting with posts, but people are still just throwing posts into the void.
