they outnumber real people) and website owners wish to siphon them out lest they slow down their sites or indeed have malicious intent.īots on Discord however are fortunately less sinister and aim to make your life easier, either by performing repetitive and boring tasks so you don’t have to, saving time (particularly if you are responsible for running a server), or giving you additional functionality you wouldn’t otherwise have access to. You are likely to have been regularly asked the question ‘are you a robot?’ whilst surfing the web and asked to do simple picture puzzles in order to access certain pages – this is because more than half of web traffic is generated by bots (i.e. You may have heard of how bots masquerading as humans on social media have been used to try and sway public opinion, or farm peoples’ data.

‘Bot’ is short for robot, and internet or web robots are software applications coded to run relatively simple automated tasks. The extensive bot functionality on Discord is one of the main advantages it has over other online communication platforms.

Though a free application, Discord has various ways in which the user experience can be upgraded through different payment tiers through “boosting” (either Nitro boost or server boosting).īesides boosting, another way users can improve their experience when using Discord is through the use of bots, which are often free, though many have upgraded ‘premium’ versions you have to pay for to get additional features. As you may be aware, Discord is the biggest free-to-use VOIP program available online at this time.

Mee6 bot on discord