Blog
Guides, tutorials, and news from the Best Disc team. RSS at /blog/feed.xml.
- News·
TopDiscord is live — and here's what's next
Launch notes for TopDiscord: what we built, what we're working on next, and how to give feedback.
- Guides·
Running a monetized Discord without losing the community vibe
Charging members can wreck a community if done badly. Six rules of thumb from servers that've made it work.
- Comparisons·
The best Discord music bots in 2026
Groovy and Rythm are gone. Here are the music bots that survived YouTube's takedowns and still work in 2026.
- Guides·
The anti-raid playbook for Discord servers
Account-age gates, slowmode, verification bots, role-locking, and the panic-button procedure when a raid actually hits.
- Guides·
Discord embed cheatsheet — every field, with examples
Title, description, fields, footer, image, thumbnail, timestamp, color — what each one does and when to use it.
- Comparisons·
Discord vs Slack for communities in 2026
Both run on free tiers. Both do channels and voice. They are not the same product. Here's which one fits which use case.
- Tutorials·
Discord server template: gaming community
A copy-paste channel structure, role hierarchy, and bot config for a gaming community server. Built for 1k-50k members.
- DoorFee·
Introducing DoorFee — monetize your Discord server
DoorFee lets server owners charge for role-based access — sponsorship tiers, exclusive channels, premium communities. Stripe-powered, runs alongside TopDiscord.
- Guides·
Discord bot permissions, finally explained
What every permission flag actually does, which ones are dangerous, and the minimal set you should grant a new bot.
- Tutorials·
Discord server rules: a battle-tested template
A copy-paste rules template you can adapt in 10 minutes. Covers conduct, channels, monetization, NSFW handling, and how to phrase rules so they actually work.
- Comparisons·
The best Discord bots for moderation in 2026
We tested 14 moderation bots head-to-head — Wick, Carl-bot, MEE6, Dyno, and the rest. Here's what we'd actually install on a 50k-member server.
- Guides·
How to grow a Discord server in 2026
Eight tactics that actually move the needle — from onboarding messages to retention loops — based on what's working for servers crossing 10k members this year.