New channel to prevent bot accounts - THE CAULDRON

[deft cedar]

An issue present in every big Discord server is, of course, the topic of hacked/spam/bot accounts. They're everywhere you look, you can't escape them, and mods (partially like myself) would have to remain chronically online each day just to keep those accounts away from public eye.

The solve this issue, I was thinking of adding a new channel that is high up in the server's channel list - THE CAULDRON (or #the-cauldron).

How it works is that if a hacked/spam/bot account were to send anything there, the Terence bot would automatically ban them from the server. This works because the accounts will always start from the first channel they are able to talk and send links in (in this case, THE CAULDRON). 🔨

There would also be a message from a moderator (any which one, doesn't really matter) that instructs anyone that ISN'T a hacked/spam/bot account to NOT type in there, so that they don't up being banned on accident.

[storm frigate]

Actually, i think the server admins should utilize discord system automod to block invite links instead

works like a charm in a server i moderate. A simple way to get started with that is for them to go to Server Settings (on Desktop/Web) >> Safety Setup >> AutoMod >> Create a custom word rule
And add something like this in the keywords:
*discord.gg/*, *discordapp.com/invite*
They can whitelist specific channels and/or roles if necessary, if for example they wanted moderators to not be affected

[full gorge]

^^was actually gonna suggest this on monday to the team