Suggestions

Off by default

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

On this page

Set it upLink to this section

Open the dashboard and pick your server. Sign in with Discord if you haven’t.
Find Suggestions in the module list (press / to filter it, or ⌘K and type its name) and turn it on.
Go through the settings below. Simple mode shows the essentials; switch to Advanced for the rest.
Try it in Discord: /suggest. Staff can restrict or turn off each command in Commands.

SettingsLink to this section

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

Channels

Suggestions channelChannel: New suggestions are posted here.
Decision channelChannel: Decided suggestions move here. Empty keeps them in the suggestions channel.
Move these to the decision channelAdvancedList
Discussion threadsOn/off: Open a thread on every suggestion so members can discuss it.
Close threads after a decisionAdvancedOn/off: Archive and lock the thread once a suggestion is approved, denied or implemented.

Posting and voting

Anonymous suggestionsChoice: Staff can always see who posted a suggestion.
CooldownAdvancedDuration: How long a member waits between suggestions. Staff skip it.
Minimum lengthAdvancedNumber: Characters a suggestion needs.
Blocked rolesAdvancedRoles: Members with these roles can’t suggest or vote.
Let members vote on their own suggestionsAdvancedOn/off
Upvote emojiAdvancedEmoji
Downvote emojiAdvancedEmoji

Reviewing

Reviewer rolesRoles: These roles can approve, deny and delete suggestions. Mods always can.
DM the author about decisionsOn/off
Close voting after a decisionAdvancedOn/off
Show who made the decisionAdvancedOn/off

CommandsLink to this section

Each command works as a slash command and with your server’s prefix. Staff can restrict or turn off any of them in 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>

Also works as ?suggestion, ?suggestions

18 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

Examples

?suggest Add a movie night channel
?suggest approve 12 Great idea!
?suggest deny 12 We already have this
?suggest block @spammer

Ready to try Suggestions?

Pick your server, turn it on and save. Changes reach Discord in seconds.

Open the dashboard