Build the Discord around the tasks your FiveM players need to complete: understand the rules, join the server, apply for a whitelist, get support and find events. Start with a clear welcome route and a small set of useful channels. There is no universal ideal member count or threshold at which you need custom bots.
Setup and checks
Use Discord’s Community Onboarding to help newcomers choose relevant channels and roles. Test the journey with an ordinary new account: it should find the connection instructions and support route without seeing private staff channels. Keep role selection separate from privileges that require staff approval.
Configure AutoMod filters and choose where moderators receive alerts. Test rules, exemptions and false positives before relying on automatic blocking. Give staff only the permissions needed for their duties, document how incidents are escalated and provide a private appeal route. Add a bot only for a specific task your existing setup cannot handle.
Publish a manageable event schedule and explain each invitation’s purpose. Measure whether new members reach their first server session and whether support requests get resolved; raw member totals alone do not show community health. Review abandoned channels and confusing instructions with your moderators, and improve those before increasing promotion.
