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discord

Official Discord Integrations for Steal a Brainrot, Grow a Garden, Brookhaven RP, and more (opens in new tab)

Discord is launching native Social SDK integrations for Roblox games including *Steal a Brainrot*, *Grow a Garden*, *Brookhaven RP*, and others. The integrations improve community safety while enabling account linking, Rich Presence, and one-click game invites. Discord emphasizes that users retain control over data sharing, visibility, and account authorization. ## Integrated Community Safety - Developers can require players to link their Roblox account and authorize a specific game before joining an official Discord server. - This helps verify that participants actually play the associated Roblox game. - Server access and direct messaging can be limited to linked players, improving privacy and reducing unwanted interactions. - Developers can apply in-game moderation decisions to Discord bans, reducing manual moderation work. - *Grow a Garden* is highlighted as an example where verified-player access can support a safer competitive community. ## Account Linking and Player Control - Rich Presence and Game Invites work only after users connect their accounts and authorize the individual game. - Players choose whether to share their information and can revoke authorization at any time. - Rich Presence visibility can be managed through Discord’s **Settings → Activity Privacy → Activity Sharing** controls. - The SDK provides a native alternative to third-party Roblox–Discord account-linking tools. ## Rich Presence for Roblox Games - Roblox players previously appeared on Discord only as “Playing Roblox.” - With the integration, games such as *Brookhaven RP* can display richer activity details, including the game name, location, and current activity. - This gives friends more context and helps games become more discoverable across Discord. ## One-Click Game Invites - Discord users can see what friends are playing and join their sessions directly. - In *Grow a Garden*, players can invite friends to share, trade, and explore their farms without leaving Discord. - The feature simplifies coordinating group play through official game servers. ## Expansion Across the Roblox Ecosystem - Discord plans to extend its existing community-management tools to Roblox developers. - Roblox games often use Discord for event coordination, announcements, feedback, and player engagement. - The integrations support communities built around activities such as *Grow a Garden* events and *Steal a Brainrot*’s raid-and-defend gameplay. Developers adopting the SDK can provide safer, more trusted Discord communities while giving players optional social features and direct control over their account connections and activity sharing.

discord

How to Set Up Your Server’s Roles for Members, Mods & Admins (opens in new tab)

Discord recommends organizing server permissions into three tiers: members, moderators, and administrators. Members receive essential communication and activity permissions, moderators get tools to manage conversations and users, and admins receive powerful server-management capabilities. Permissions should be tailored to each community and granted selectively, especially at the administrative level. ## Permissions for Server Members Members need permissions that support ordinary participation: - **General:** View channels, send messages, create public threads, send messages in threads, create invites, and change their own nickname. - **Voice:** Connect, speak, use video for webcams or screen sharing, use external sounds, use voice activity, and set voice-channel statuses. - **Apps:** Use application commands, Activities, and external apps. These permissions enable text chat, voice communication, streaming, games, and app-based interactions. ## Permissions for Moderators Moderators receive tools for keeping discussions and community activity orderly. - **Message and thread management:** Manage messages and threads, including deleting content, pinning messages, and archiving or renaming threads. - **Community management:** Create custom expressions, use broad mentions such as `@everyone`, kick or approve/reject members, ban members, apply timeouts, and manage other users’ nicknames. - **Oversight:** View the audit log to review actions taken on the server. - **Voice moderation:** Use Priority Speaker, mute or deafen members, and move participants between voice channels. - **Events:** Create, edit, manage, and delete community events. Most moderator actions can be reversed, though bans and large-scale mentions require particular care. ## Advanced Permissions for Server Administrators Administrative permissions affect major parts of the server, including messages, emojis, channels, and server settings. - Admin permissions should be enabled only when they are relevant to the community. - They should be assigned to a very limited group of trusted users. - **Manage Server** allows administrators to change core server settings, including the server name. The post’s main recommendation is to use the least amount of access necessary for each role, scaling permissions as the server grows and carefully restricting the most powerful controls.