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Suggestions

Kovu extraOff by default

Members post ideas, everyone votes with buttons, and staff approve, deny or implement them.

Set it up

  1. Open the dashboard and pick your server. Sign in with Discord if you haven’t.

  2. Find Suggestions in the sidebar (or press ⌘K and type its name) and turn it on.

  3. Go through the settings below. Simple mode shows the essentials; switch to Advanced for the rest.

  4. Try it in Discord: /suggest. Staff can restrict or turn off each command in Commands.

Settings

What you’ll find on the Suggestions page of the dashboard. Settings marked Advanced only show in Advanced mode.

Channels

Suggestions channel
ChannelNew suggestions are posted here.
Decision channel
ChannelDecided suggestions move here. Empty keeps them in the suggestions channel.
Move these to the decision channelAdvanced
List
Discussion threads
On/offOpen a thread on every suggestion so members can discuss it.
Close threads after a decisionAdvanced
On/offArchive and lock the thread once a suggestion is approved, denied or implemented.

Posting and voting

Anonymous suggestions
ChoiceStaff can always see who posted a suggestion.
CooldownAdvanced
DurationHow long a member waits between suggestions. Staff skip it.
Minimum lengthAdvanced
NumberCharacters a suggestion needs.
Blocked rolesAdvanced
RolesMembers with these roles can’t suggest or vote.
Let members vote on their own suggestionsAdvanced
On/off
Upvote emojiAdvanced
Emoji
Downvote emojiAdvanced
Emoji

Reviewing

Reviewer roles
RolesThese roles can approve, deny and delete suggestions. Mods always can.
DM the author about decisions
On/off
Close voting after a decisionAdvanced
On/off
Show who made the decisionAdvanced
On/off

Commands

/suggest

Everyone

Suggest an idea, or review suggestions

/suggest new [idea] [anonymous] [image]/suggest approve <suggestion> [reason]/suggest deny <suggestion> [reason]/suggest consider <suggestion> [reason]/suggest implement <suggestion> [reason]/suggest reopen <suggestion> [reason]/suggest delete <suggestion>/suggest block <user> [reason]/suggest unblock <user>/suggest show <suggestion>?suggest <idea> | approve|deny|consider|implement|reopen <suggestion> [reason] | delete <suggestion> | block <user> [reason] | unblock <user> | show <suggestion>
Options
new idea (optional)
Your suggestion
new anonymous (optional)
Hide your name (staff can still see it)
new image (optional)
An image to go with it
approve suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
approve reason (optional)
Why (shown on the suggestion and sent to the author)
deny suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
deny reason (optional)
Why (shown on the suggestion and sent to the author)
consider suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
consider reason (optional)
Why (shown on the suggestion and sent to the author)
implement suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
implement reason (optional)
Why (shown on the suggestion and sent to the author)
reopen suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
reopen reason (optional)
Why (shown on the suggestion and sent to the author)
delete suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link
block user
Who to block
block reason (optional)
Why (for staff)
unblock user
Who to unblock
show suggestion
Suggestion number, message ID or link

Also: ?suggestion, ?suggestions

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