fresh hedge
Hey friends!
Post your questions for our Twitter Space here! We'll be organising a Twitter Space discussing what it's like to be a bot dev followed by an AMA with @marsh mango from Mimu (https://top.gg/bot/493716749342998541) and @fresh hedge from PixxieBot (https://top.gg/bot/675996677366218774) on <t:1654016400:F> 
You can set a reminder for the event here: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1DXxyDNLRbNJM
⚠ Please keep chatter in #general and use this for questions only! Thank you! 
rotund sapphire
What's your biggest frustration when it comes to the Discord API?
near burrow
What are your recommendations in terms of languages and libraries for discord bot development?
Will you also answer the questions outside of twitter space?
fresh hedge
Will you also answer the questions outside of twitter space?
Questions will be answered in the Twitter Space and it will be recorded.
tropic oxide
Why spend so much time on developing Discord bots and not, for example, a Twitter bot, or even something totally different unrelated to bots.
potent saddle
What was one of the biggest issues/bugs that you've encountered when deving your bot and how did you overcome it?
gentle wolf
What did you do to handle such a big amounts of users doing commands without the bot slowing down?
On a scale from 0 Not painful to 10 extreme pain
How would you rate the switch from normal text commands to slash commands?
gaunt mantle
How would you rate Ruby when it comes to building with the Discord API? (On a scale from 1 to 10)
with the general idea being
0 - Oh hell nooo
10 - amazing wow i love it
cosmic marsh
Do you believe there to be a benefit to using both slash and normal text commands
tacit python
How important is a privacy policy / TOS. How did you make it?
How do you ensure user data is secure?
hardy yew
How do we ensure mass spoonfeeding sessions like this event no long happen in the future
warped sun
Do you like chocolate cake?
frozen wave
What are steps to take to gain intellectual rights to your property? (for example, bot images/art)
tawny atlas
How did you go about pricing premium features for your bot if you have any?
What's your daily routine like?
How much time do you dedicate to yourself vs your bot?
tawny atlas
This question is more for ia because I believe mimu has some economy features
Do you ever get worried your users will get bored of the bot and move on if you don't keep updating it? I have this issue right now where I believe once someone gets to the top they no longer desire to play, how do you deal with this and do you have any tips for me?
tropic oxide
How did you start and what would you recommend to a newbie.
What would you do differently now that you have more experience compared to how you did it the first time when you started your bot?
fresh hedge
How did you start and what would you recommend to a newbie.
What would you do d...
Some of this will be covered in our talking points but I'll keep the second part of your question!
tropic oxide
When you started, was it more like a fun project to discover new technologies or you wanted it to be kind of popular and successful?
fresh hedge
How do we ensure mass spoonfeeding sessions like this event no long happen in th...
This event is designed to teach people the basics of creating a Discord bot. We have a large community of members who aren't into development - for example, a lot of server owners who might be interested in coding their own bot for their own purposes. It is not designed to do the work for them (the final result at the end of the event would not pass our own guidelines because the bot would only have one command). The aim is to teach people the basics so they have the skills to build upon the base we'll be working with. We're also being careful to explain the code line by line and giving them the tools and resources they need to help themselves. This thread isn't for discussion but I'd gladly elaborate further in #general if you want!
tropic oxide
How should you decide on what type of bot to build? Whether it be a music bot, moderation, games or utility.
tawny atlas
When do you suggest to begin scaling? My bot is in 300 servers but I have no idea how to scale, and what to scale, etc, like when should I start looking into sharding, bigger resources, and all that
turbid socket
My bot has seemed to slow down on growth (~20 servers a day now)
How do you suggest I maybe get my bot more out there. My SEO is pretty much non existent and I am on a limited budget.
iron ocean
Do you also agreeing "most of Discord bots becomes useless"? For example; There's YouTube-Together, AutoMod by Discord, thread channels for ticket system, forums and more
zinc horizon
Now that Danny(dev of discord.py) as continue developing and bringing updates on every monday should new discord bot developers go for dpy?
vernal skiff
Which language do you use to build you bot and where do you deploy it? how much money do you make from your bot
strange nimbus
Hey,
So i own a Verified bot that is stuck around 4.5k servers and i get burnt out coding and trying to grow it all the time, how do you overcome this / how did you overcome this
weak hearth
What's the best tips on bot growth?
timber marten
Reminder to keep this channel to questions only.
timber marten
Reminder to keep this channel to **questions only**.
hardy yew
How do I stop large corporations from taking advantage of me by trying to sell me useless advertising on their site?
crude niche
tropic oxide
what are the utmost essential commands to have a successful bot, like what does your bot need to get big?
bright patio
how did you grow your bots from nothing to where you are now? are there any marketing tricks, advertising techniques, etc. that you used that can help people making new bots?
austere dome
How do you grow a bot?
heady maple
Where do you get ideas for a project or a bot? Like there are so many bots about moderation, multipurpose and more already. How do you get unique ideas for a bot or any project?
brittle spade
what is the way you learned coding
weak hearth
What are some good ways to monetize your bot?
rose laurel
What would you say is the best way to host a discord bot? Like Online hosts, VPS, self host or free ones for example?
tropic oxide
Is it better to make bot fully free to use without any premium features?
tawny atlas
This is more like a really random question but I wanted to have some fun with the last question
What kind of car do you drive? (sorry for so many questions)
rose laurel
I have not really understood the use of sharding, Like what is sharding and what does it do?
