New Bot Dev Struggles... Any Tips?
I have a small growing Discord bot that I am very much still actively coding.
I included a dev server invite link on the bottom of every command which gives status and updates, but still not a single user has joined besides those who know me personally (The bot just needs some basic configuring, after that no commands need to run)
The past update came with numerous bugs I didn't catch until just now (it's been like 2 weeks) and several users kicked the bot from their guild without ever knowing what is going on or being able to tell me what was going on.
What are some tips and tricks you more experienced bot devs have that I may use to avoid this or at least limit as much as possible (... besides just being a better dev, we all make mistakes... I forgot to save the database for the past 2 weeks silly stupid error)
I saw that generating invite links is against the rules, so that's out of the question. Was thinking of fetching the server owner and messaging them, but I feel that is also a bad idea. I could just make the bot private, but I'm really hoping to get genuine responses and feedback before people meet me directly. I'm at a loss.
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- What's your exact discord.js
npm list discord.js and node node -v version?
- Post the full error stack trace, not just the top part!
- Show your code!
- Explain what exactly your issue is.
- Not a discord.js issue? Check out #useful-servers.
- Issue solved? Press the button!I mean it's not exactly a Discord.js issue just a Discord developer in general, sorry if this falls outside the scope of aid that can be provided here
avoid people kicking your bot?
Unknown User•17mo ago
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No, people joining the bot's support server to tell me about bugs rather than just kicking the bot and giving up. If people want to kick, it's entirely their choice... just hate the idea they are kicking because the bot isnt working right when it's just one simple message away to fix it
98.765% of all issues are simple typos that take less than 30 seconds to fix. Just need to know about them
Right, sorry I should have went there