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Discord is being used by communities of all shapes and sizes (even you, rhombus)! As we dive into this post, we will be using Twitch Streamers as the lens through which we explore community server set up. Any type of community can benefit from the ideas in here, though!

So now, beloved community leader, you hopefully have a Discord server. If not, stop being a broom and get your community in there

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question is then, “how do I best set up my Discord server” and then “how can I best use Discord to interact and engage with my community?” Astute questions!

In this post, we’ll explain how to set up your server with a Welcome Channel and Announcements Channel to help ease new recruits in to the Discord experience. We’ll also suggest ways to tell your audience about your shiny new Discord server. Finally, we’ll share some sexy ways we’ve seen streamers use Discord to illustrate how to engage with your community.

Note: a lot of the below screens are heckin’ old! Discord’s gotten quite the makeover since. We’ll stop being lazy and update these one day :^)

Basic Security

Before we jump into designing your servers, we recommend setting a Verification Level and adjusting your Default Notification Settings to secure things. Get going with a safe start.

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For a public server, we recommend at least setting your Verification Level to Low. We highly recommend setting the Default Notification Settings to Only @mentions though.

Set it up!

Loading up Discord and slapping channels together willy-nilly is some bronze-tier stuff. To be a shining diamond, you’ll want to set up your server with some intent. Here’s a baller server designed by streamer TKBreezy and his power mod, Mudkip.

Let’s run down the smart ways TK has set up his server.

Welcome Channel

TKBreezy promotes his server with an instant invite link from his #welcome channel. As a result, any newcomers will land in this channel first. In here, they are shown some information that eases them into the server experience. They also include some basic Discord tips for those new to the software.

Specifically, the instructions here guide newcomers to add a profile picture. They also suggest the newcomer uses Push-To-Talk as a default voice configuration.

Here’s how to make a room like this:

• Create the welcome channel
• Deny @everyone the Send Messages permission.
• Give a mod or yourself the Send Messages permission.

By denying @everyone the ability to Send Messages, you can control the room and only post content in there you want. Then, by giving a trusted mod or yourself the green check box, you now have permissions to post in here and craft the warm welcome message.

Announcements Channel

Much like a welcome room, the announcements channel is a place where you can constantly update your Discord homies. Make a post when you’re gonna go live with an @everyone mention or post some updates to your server, stream schedule, or whatever you want!

This channel has the same permission set-up that the welcome channel above has. Follow the above GIF to set it up.

Get Creative

These two rooms are great if you want to add some design and structure to your initial Discord experience.

Below is a grid of further channel suggestions. Be wary not to add too many channels or people will get overwhelmed and the activity between them all will lessen. That said, don’t be afraid to add new channels and see if your community adopts them!

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This begs the question… how do I get my viewers to join my Discord community in the first place!?

Tell them about it!

Well, duh… but if you don’t let your viewers know that you have a Discord server they won’t know to join it! As I said above, you can’t just slippity slap together a Discord and hope people come.

Here are some ways we’ve seen other people talk about their Discord spice:

• Make a YouTube video explaining how to join the community server.
• Post on your communities official Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, or other social media platform.
• Show and talk about your Discord server on stream. You can even have a chat bot post it in your Twitch Chat and a panel below your stream that links to your server with a description. For sub servers, where you describe Sub benefits, put something like “VIP access to the sexiest Discord lounge known to mankind.”

Here’s an example of Discord as a panel below a Twitch stream from .He made his own custom panel but at the bottom of this post we’ve supplied some images you can use for your own Twitch page!

Don’t forget to include the Instant Invite link in all of these methods! You can even set a permanent invite link that never expires. Check it out in this EXCLUSIVE DISCORD PRO TIP.