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Hey all, there's something that's been on my mind lately, and it's the decreasing activity in our Discord server. It's a huge bummer. Our server that used to always have a lot going on, tons of members talking, hanging out, posting dank memes and having fun is now just a place of casual conversation for a select few individuals.

Now it's possible that everyone suddenly got busy and forgot that our homely little server existed, but I think it's something more substantial than that. A lack of order from the moderating team. To be clear, this is not a callout post! I'm not trying to name and shame any mods for not interacting with the server, and no one expects the staff to have their eyes and ears glued to the chat, but I seldom see anyone besides Luxord or Cstar in #general. It feels like our server has become a wild west where anything goes, and I think this has caused some of our members to shy away from it.

I feel that the server would benefit from additional moderation handled by users who are around more frequently than the current team. We have a handful of people that I talk to and see on the server everyday, and if they want to help the out I don't see why it shouldn't be given some consideration.

While the most recent example of moderation being 'heavily' needed on Discord was the fiasco between Nova, Nate, and a few others, and that was quite a while ago. The fallout of that event shows a slight disconnect between community and staff. When push came to shove and the staff had to do their jobs, the amount of public outcry was rather alarming. This is where my idea comes in. It wouldn't be very practical to just 'demand' that the current staff lineup become more active in the Discord chat, a more elegant solution from there would be to take active members from the current Discord usergroup and accept volunteers from among them to moderate the chat. This handles some issues, such as:

1. It streamlines activity and moderation. These users already use the general chat casually, and since that is the case there won't be any extra effort needed to read the chat since they already do so.

2. Creates a bond of trust between those moderating and those using the chat for casual reasons. Situations tend to explode less often when a familiar face tells you to calm down or stop doing something, whereas having someone come out of the shadows can seem rather cold.

3. This allows the current staff lineup to actually focus more on the site, instead of what I can only assume is the current split focus. KHV has been kinda quiet lately.​

With all of this in mind, I'm sure at least a few active Discord users would offer to help in this way, myself included. Perhaps an open application to those who have been active could work out. Either way the current 'version' of the KHV Discord could use some fine tuning, and I would be glad to help with that in any way I can. Thank you for your time!