Do people make a Discord server that is about their own comic?

Roshii 2018-11-02 22:43:36 UTC #1

Well, I can see that to some who made their Discord that is about their work/content that they are making, most likely creators just want an easy communication with their fans... So asking if anyone has done it here. Is it going well for you guys?

I am not someone who can even make a server open for public. I can't handle something like that...X'D

joannekwan 2018-11-02 22:46:40 UTC #2

I've considered it but my fear is that it would be either a. dead on arrival or b. get out of hand.

Roshii 2018-11-02 22:47:10 UTC #3

Definitely the biggest fear, lolz.

XCave 2018-11-02 22:47:19 UTC #4

i helped make one yes
and its going well but i think thats because we kept it small
and have trusted mods

gh0stcr33p 2018-11-02 23:40:07 UTC #5

I wanted to make one once, but I realized that I hardly have a fanbase. it seems like a decent idea, though

MK_Wizard 2018-11-03 01:07:13 UTC #6

I have one, but you need Patreon access to get to it. However, I'm approachable in other ways.

Roshii 2018-11-03 01:11:49 UTC #7

If that's the case for me. I would have only 3 people in my server.X'D

But then again, that's a tough way to get more peeps lolz. I guess better control?

XCave 2018-11-03 01:12:37 UTC #8

3 people is a start by any means

Roshii 2018-11-03 01:13:46 UTC #9

True I guess. Just start from baby steps. :')

XCave 2018-11-03 01:16:30 UTC #10

true and make sure u deal with server roles
but baby steps and u should be fine

TheFalseVyper 2018-11-03 01:28:12 UTC #11

I've actually started a discord server for my comic about 3 weeks ago. Getting information out to those that have joined has been super easy. Interacting with my fans has been a blast too! I get to see their art and it's a great opportunity for them to promote their own work to everyone else that's joined.

It creates community and I don't regret the choice I made in making it!

Roshii 2018-11-03 01:29:22 UTC #12

Ooo, that's really nice to hear then.

baasinsimple 2018-11-03 02:35:06 UTC #13

I would never do that, there is so much more to talk about, I can't contain it, I already have a public server and it's dead.

GesuGesu 2018-11-03 02:49:04 UTC #14

No, I only have one for close, personal friends that is small and easily managed.

beta1042 2018-11-03 02:52:50 UTC #15

I have one, it's fun! It has dead days, but there is definitely activity every week.

Certain updates really strike up a lot of conversations. But usually I have a couple people who come in to discuss the weekly update and theorize and it's really fun to see their thoughts on it. I also get a lot more fanart since having the server. But mostly a lot of the activity is just random conversations about random stuff unrelated to the comic.

Overall I like it and it's fun. But it is some work to maintain. I also feel like it'd be pointless if I didn't want to be active on it myself. So be ready to be active if you make one. So far the server is on the smaller size - maybe 50 people joined and about 15 are regularly active. Not sure how it will change as it grows.

AmysGames 2018-11-03 05:05:01 UTC #16

I have one for my comics, but it's not overly active lol. But some friends convinced me that it was a good place to spam updates, so I figured what the hey.

gh0stcr33p 2018-11-03 05:11:31 UTC #17

you know, after reading through posts in this thread I really want to make one now, but I feel like it would be selfish, and nobody would be interested ._.

Roshii 2018-11-03 05:17:13 UTC #18

Same though. Maybe ask the readers of your comic if they are interested?

gh0stcr33p 2018-11-03 05:17:52 UTC #19

maybe I should try that, I still don't really know how it would be done though

shazzbaa 2018-11-03 05:35:12 UTC #20

Runewriters has one! I ran a twitter poll beforehand asking how many people would be interested, and got about..... 50ish people who said they might join if I made one? I figured that was enough that it wouldn't feel completely dead, so I found some friends who were willing to help me mod and started it up! Patrons got kind of a sneak preview -- they were invited to the server first to make sure everything was working okay, and then I invited a few friends privately, and finally made a public invite for everyone a couple months later.

Since my comic isn't huge, I didn't feel a need to set up a whole bunch of safeguards for randos -- basically I have it so you can't preview links or post images into the chat until you get a role that marks you as "trusted," and once you've talked a bit in chat, me or one of the mods will give that role to you. It's basically just so that if some rando wants to barge in and spam something gross, there's a limit to how much damage they can do and it's relatively easy to clean up. This has never happened, but it feels nice to have a safeguard, haha.

It can go from really active on occasion to kinda quiet the rest of the time, and I generally describe it as chill! We ended up with a lot of gaming conversation early on, so I made a couple of channels for talking games or sharing stories about your latest D&D campaign when I saw there was a need for it. There's an art channel where everyone can share art, including me sometimes (a few folks in the chat have decided to learn to draw and share their progress, and that's been downright inspiring to watch). I also borrowed the idea from another chat I'm in of a "discussions" channel, which is an all-purpose place to sweep a conversation to if it's not good for the main chat -- a heavy serious topic, or spoilers for piece of media, etc. It doesn't get used a whole lot, but it's nice to have. And then I have the locked patron-only patreon channels!

I like it, and I'm happy I made it! It's been a fun place to hang out now and again. :>