r/discordbots rules, stats, and what to post

This is a community for people who use, build, and talk about Discord bots. The public description says it exists to discuss and get involved with Discord bots, including recommendations, development and conversations. So the room holds three kinds of people: people hunting for a bot that does a job, developers building their own bots, and people discussing how bots work. The rules make the scope tight. “All topics must be related to Discord or Discord bots” keeps general Discord chatter out and points it to r/discordapp instead. This is a working community, not a showcase. People come here to find bots, fix bots, and talk shop about building them.

The rule that decides everything for a founder is “No advertising or self-promotion”. It bans posts made purely to promote your bot, but it opens one door: when a user asks for recommendations, you may link your bot from a reputable source such as top.gg, and you must not link the invite directly. “All topics must be related to Discord or Discord bots” kills anything off topic, including memes and general discussions. “Posting standards” requires an accurate, non-misleading title and real effort in the content, and comments must stay on topic. “Don't post raw code, use a paste service” matters if you share code, because pasting it directly ruins the formatting and gets you nowhere. “We aren't support for Discord bots” sends specific bot problems to that bot's own support server first. “No poaching custom bots” stops you from commenting paid build offers under recommendation requests. “Keep it family friendly” and “No witch hunting or discrimination” set the tone bar. “Don't help if you can't” warns against posting misleading advice or empty replies.

The safest useful post here is a genuine contribution to a conversation about bots. If someone asks for recommendations and your bot genuinely fits, the rules let you link it from a reputable source like top.gg, as long as you do not drop the direct invite. Outside of that, write posts that start a discussion: share how you built something, ask a real development question, or ask for feedback with context and effort in the body. Rule 3 asks for an accurate title and some effort in the content, so a post that reads like a launch announcement with no substance will not last. If you are stuck on a bug, describe the problem, share your code through a paste service like pastebin.com, and ask a specific question. If your question is about someone else's bot, go to that bot's support server first, and only post here if that fails or your question is broad.

The clearest way to lose a post here is advertising. “No advertising or self-promotion” bans posts made purely to promote your bot, and the survival guidance says not to advertise unless a user explicitly asks for recommendations. “All topics must be related to Discord or Discord bots” means no memes, no general marketing talk, and nothing off topic. “Don't post raw code, use a paste service” means a code dump straight into a post or comment gets removed. “We aren't support for Discord bots” means support questions about a specific third party bot belong in that bot's own server. “No poaching custom bots” means you cannot comment offering to build a paid bot unless the person asked for a custom build, and even then only with tags, not invites. “Keep it family friendly” and “No witch hunting or discrimination” cover conduct, so keep language clean and never attack anyone. “Don't help if you can't” means do not reply with guesses or empty comments.

The recommendation carve-out in “No advertising or self-promotion” is unusually generous for Reddit, but it only works if you wait for someone to actually ask. My honest read is that this community rewards patience: show up as a builder who answers questions well, and the moment someone asks for a bot like yours, you have a legitimate opening. I also like that they force code through paste services, because it tells me the people here genuinely want to help each other rather than perform.