Discord Server Owner Panel + AMA #1

Part of this panel were:

• misa, Owner of Miso Pop!
• Litochee, Community Specialist at Corsair
• Moe, Owner of The Programmer's Hangout
• Sky, Owner of sky's café

00:00:00 - Introductions 00:02:33 - Can you tell us about how your community came about? 00:05:33 - What are the toughest parts of being a server owner? 00:09:30 - What are some methods you’ve tried to boost your members’ engagement in your server? 00:12:56 - How did you go about writing a set of rules that reflects your server’s values? How do you find the balance in sharing guidelines internally versus externally? 00:18:00 - How have you recruited moderators and which challenges did this recruitment process present? 00:22:58 - Do you measure analytics in your server? What do you think is the secret ingredient to your server’s growth? Questions for the individual panelists: 00:28:03 - [Moe] How did you find a good balance between spoonfeeding newer developers versus throwing developers to Google to figure it out for themselves? 00:29:35 - [Sky] How was it moderating a mental health community vs a more sociable community? What kind of challenges did you face? 00:31:25 - [Litochee] As the Community Specialist of a large gaming-adjacent company, the way Corsair has to brand and structure its community is very different. How do you do this so successfully? 00:32:50 - [Misa] As a community that’s mostly for socializing, it can be difficult to grow and create an active community - how were you able to create a unique and tight-knit server? Q&A Questions: 00:34:30 - [TheDev] What is your best tip(s) to keep a server alive and fun to be at? 00:36:05 - [Ken Kaneki] How can you grow a server if you have no money or don’t have anything to give away? 00:38:12 - [Quintenvw] How do you keep your voice channels active? 00:40:14 - [Geeky & Brianx] How do you avoid fatigue and burnout from being a server owner? Do you ever lose motivation? 00:41:25 - [Quintenvw] Have you tried to get partnered with Discord? Why didn't you get it? 00:42:47 - [TwistedCode] Running a large community must be very stressful. Was there ever a time where you felt like throwing in the towel? 00:44:15 - [Ken Kaneki] How can you grow a server if you don't have social media or if you do have social media but promoting your server there doesn’t seem to work? 00:45:47 - [GameTime] What is the best way to advertise your server? 00:47:05 - [Quintenvw] What’s next for your community? What are your plans for the future? 00:47:55 - [Gelbie] How hard is it to get active staff? 00:49:00 - [Harry] In many servers the staff get involved in server drama and avoid taking the appropriate actions until they lose their cool. How do you find or vet staff members who handle drama properly? 00:50:59 - [Lemondrops] How do you and your staff team deal with sensitive topics such as people talking about death, assault, cancer, etc.? Obviously these people may be seeking comfort, but these topics can also be triggering for people or make some members uncomfortable. Do you step in and ask to move the conversation elsewhere? 00:54:03 - [Estrella] What do you enjoy about managing your community and what makes you excited to continue to help it grow and flourish? 00:55:19 - [Lemondrops] What was your big "I did it" moment, where you truly felt overwhelmingly proud of your server, when you were glad you made it, that you genuinely felt like other people loved the community, etc. What was the cause? 01:00:23 - One last piece of advice? 01:03:06 - Closing off