Discordjust got a big update, and we really do meana big update. In case yourserverswere feeling a little too cosy, you can now invite 2 million more members to join in the conversations - good luck moderating that.
That’s right, in case you were unaware, there was actually a default server cap of 500,000 members before this update. I have personally never encountered this, butI suppose enough people had, because Discord saw fit to expand the size so dramatically in this new update.
You Can Invite 2.5 Million Users Into Your Server Without Discord’s Permission Now
And you can make it even bigger than that if you ask Discord nicely
Now, if you’re already in a server that was well over the original 500,000 limit, that’s because there was always a way around the cap. Once server owners were approaching this figure, they could get in touch with Discord and request that they have the cap increased. To get approval, the server would have to demonstrate that it was adequately moderated, with clear rules and active mods. It would also have to ensure that its new members were actually sticking around, with a retention rate of at least ten percent.
These rules are still in place, the only difference is that servers are now allowed to get up to 2.5 million members before server owners have to prove themselves to the Discord team. On the one hand, it will allow for larger communities to form, but on the other, it means that fewer communities will be overseen by Discord itself, just the internal moderation team before they reach the 2.5 million cap.
In thepatch notesfor this new update, Discord reassures users that they shouldn’t experience performance issues as a result of this update, saying that this should have been improved. We’re also told that Discord will be monitoring performance itself, so users won’t have to get in touch if their expanded servers lead to slowdown.
Time will tell if this really doesn’t have an impact on Discord’s performance - and the quality of its moderation, since a whole lot of servers can now grow even larger before they need any oversight. Users are still free to report anything they come across themselves, of course, so it’s not as if they won’t have to play by Discord’s rules at all.
