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Excerpt of the self-promo channel of an undisclosed Discord server:
That’s right, we now have a link graveyard of a self-promo channel.
Not only do stream VODs largely get deleted by Twitch in a matter of weeks, but the stream links don’t even link to the VODs in question.
If you’re a creator of high-effort videos like the one in the next picture, would you bother posting in such a channel?
Spend months making and editing your video, and within a matter of hours, your video is lost in a sea of going-live announcements. Yay!
Solutions for Discord Moderators
First, effort videos and stream plugs should never be in the same channel. Give each its own channel.
Second, in the channel for stream plugs, consider doing one of the following:
Only allow YouTube links in going-live announcements. YouTube livestreams double as the link to the eventual VOD. But this won’t work for Twitch-only streamers.
Require Twitch-only streamers to edit their going-live announcement with the Twitch VOD right after their stream ends. New problem: enforcement headache aside, this won’t work when most Twitch VODs expire.
Only let Twitch streamers plug their channel once. Basically, have a “stream channels” Discord channel, not a “streams” Discord channel.
Or, require them to delete all prior going-live plugs before posting a new one.
In addition, consider also limiting each streamer to a single plug per series. So if they are playing a long RPG that takes a hundred streams, they can only plug it once.
Finally, consider using a forum channel instead.
So, what do you think? What’s your Discord gripe? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord – where you won’t find such a link graveyard, of course.
With No Way Out Except Tediously Doing So for Each Individual Server
Disclaimer: the opinions contained in this post are personal opinions of clymax and do not necessarily reflect those of anyone else in or outside of the FFV Central community.
1. Case Study
Unidentified Final Fantasy Modding Discord of ~2,400 Members
September 10, 2025
[Server Admin A pings everyone asking everyone in advance to please refrain from discussing irl topic X.]
[User backlash ensues. More pings occur from other moderators.]
User A: pinging everyone was a mistake tbh, it’s going to have the exact opposite of the intended effect
I’m in over 100 servers all about totally different things and yet only one of them did ” HEY @ EVERYONE DONT TALK ABOUT THIS ONE THING!!! “
i dont care about being pinged I’m trying to tell you that your idea of pinging everyone is horribly backfiring which surely you’ve already realized by now
Server Admin B: i have a hot take………. why does everyone in ANY way care about being pinged
like…….. literally who cares
clymax: Imho it’s Discord that dropped the ball bigtime, allowing no way for a user to opt into or opt out of all notifications across all servers [including future servers].
This means that pinging a user can amount to forcing them to [immediately] reassess whether to block notifications on this Discord specifically.
Game-Modification Team Member: You can set your ping settings on a server as soon as you join it. I always recommend doing this so you don’t get hit by pings you don’t want.
clymax: Many of us have 100 or 200 Discords. No one wants to go through and manually block each one, esp. when that list changes continually.
[Editor’s note: Not flexing here, as what is there to flex? But because I’ve been in Discords large and small, I’ve observed how users have responded to being pinged in Discords both much larger than and much smaller than FFV Central.
Also, images added for context.]
2. Another Case Study
Unidentified Retro Gaming Server of ~600 Members
[Server Admin pings everyone continually on various updates to the server. Presumably, an exodus of members ensued, and the Server Admin found out why.]
August 20, 2024
Server Admin: Sorry everyone for all The notifications I was in the process of of building the server I will not @-everyone like that ag[a]in. Sorry for the inconvenience
You’re doing a great job btw. Seems Discord just really wants ppl to ping each other more 🤣
Server Admin: Yea it’s garbage but it is also my fault I just wanted to make sure everyone could see what they needed and could navigate the server I got carried away lol
I appreciate it and yes lol seems that way. I have this server more set up so I shouldn’t need to tag everyone there is a directory we have channels for everything but will have a couple more for another project ppl can see what they need to and or want to leveling system entertainment channels the works lol
clymax: Bro I get where you’re coming from. I have a project thread in RHDN forums for my FFV hack. Every time I update my post I have to resist the urge to bump my own thread 🤣 Otherwise it’s buried—rn it’s not even listed on page one anymore.
Server Admin: 😂exactly I just feel like it’s more important than it really is I guess because of the time I put into it it’s my baby lol but @ is a bad habit
clymax: Could even have a self-managed role to get news about latest Discord-server updates, but the updates will probably be less frequent as the server grows tbh
Server Admin: We have that to[o]
Yup the roll[role] selection there are a few to choose from or all of you want
clymax: Nice
Server Admin: Yea that way You can see what you want and hopefully not get notifications from what you don’t
3. From Around the Web
If I need to be the one showing you these memes, maybe you don’t use Discord as much as you think you did. Just maybe.
Memes aside, even a cursory web search can let you gauge how Discord users feel about this subject.
4. A Workaround for Server Admins
Did you just send, or allow some user to send, an everyone or here ping?
Congratulations, this is how I respond as a user, as Discord prevents users from opting out once across all and future servers. And I assure you it’s not just me.
Before and after screenshots below.
Yes, allowing pings to happen only ensures fewer and fewer will actually get the pings over time.
Solution for Discord owners? Disable pings for all roles, including everyone and here, with the lone exception of possibly the moderation role.
Create new self-managed roles of different types, with “alerts” clearly in the role name. Do not opt users in to any of these roles by default.
Enjoy not exacerbating a problem that Discord created.
So, what do you think? Agree or disagree? Comment below, or come check us out on our Discord (where role pings are disabled, I might add).
