What is Discord Moderation Bot?

What is Discord Moderation Bot?

How it works

Moderation bots match content and behaviour against rules and then act: delete, mute, kick, ban, or log. The two things that separate a usable mod bot from a liability are audit logs, so an incorrect mass action can be reconstructed and reversed, and anti-raid handling, which is about join-rate anomalies rather than message content. Advanced anti-raid is commonly the feature vendors reserve for their paid tiers.

When to use it

Install one before you need it. Raids arrive without warning and configuring anti-raid during an active raid is how servers lose channels.

Worked example

Moderation and engagement are different jobs and usually different bots. Keep them separate: an engagement bot that can ban is a larger blast radius than you want, and a mod bot that credits points ties your economy to your safety tooling. Where they meet is the audit log, which both should write to.

Common mistakes

• Enabling aggressive automod without a log-only trial, so the first casualties are legitimate members.
• Assuming the free tier includes anti-raid when it is often the paid differentiator.
• Running two mod bots that both act on the same message, doubling every punishment.

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