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Things that won't be added

John Grosh edited this page Apr 19, 2018 · 2 revisions

Vortex is a moderation bot. Vortex is not meant to be a utility bot, nor a "fun" or "games" bot. Additionally, as a moderation bot, Vortex's commands are only meant to be used by moderators; commands that regular (non-staff) users will not be added. In general, regular users in a server will never need to use a command or even know how to use Vortex. The following is a list of common features that will not be added.

Self-Assignable Roles via Command (%roleme / .iam / ?rank)

Despite being a popular and useful feature, this type of command won't be added. These commands are primarily meant to be used by users (not moderators/staff), and Vortex as a bot purely for moderation won't have commands intended to be used by users.

Tags or Custom Commands

Tags generally are used by regular users and staff alike, and thus would not be added for the same reason as other non-staff commands. Custom commands would only make sense on a moderation bot if the custom commands performed some sort of moderation; if you don't believe that the current set of commands is sufficient for moderation, considering joining the support server and requesting a command or tool that would be useful. A built-in command will often perform the job better and more efficiently, and (more importantly) the idea might be tweaked into something even more useful that the original idea.

Global Ban List

Global ban lists are never ever ever a good idea. A global ban list is always (always) biased by the people that run it. A global ban list also doesn't account for variance of rules; what is a "ban-able" offense on one server might be perfectly fine on another. Any "proof" for a global ban list could be easily faked. Finally, if someone is breaking Discord's Terms of Service, please report it to Discord! Discord can take care of ToS violations in larger-scale ways than trying to ban someone from a bunch of servers via some global ban list.

Things not related to moderation

Vortex is a moderation bot. Any effort that would be put into non-moderation features would be better-spent being put into improving the existing moderation features or creating new ones, so that Vortex can become an even better moderation bot!

β„Ή About Vortex

πŸŒ€ Getting Started

πŸ”¨ Moderator Guide

🚩 Strikes

πŸ›‘ Auto-Moderation

🌟 Vortex Pro


External Resources

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