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    5-Oct-2022 Stage

API Updates


Command Picker Performance Experiment

UI Menu for slash commands
Pulls commands and checks permissions
Uses cache for time sensitivity

Modifications are in an experiment
OLD: Switching channels clears the cache
NEW:

Switching channels does not clear the cache
Bugfixes

Sending a regular message cleared the cache


Experiment has seen a 20% performance increase
Rollout soon


Improvements to AutoMod

Spam + @ Spam Triggers released

Spam trigger checks for generic spam
@ Spam can be customised based on unique @s (users/roles)


Regex Rule

In Progress
"Can do proper regex"
Meant for app integrations


Select Menus V2

No preview
Predefined types to Menus
General UX Improvements


App Directory


Close to releasing as experiment
Adjustments have been made to visuals
"None of you should have seen because it's not out yet! ;)"
Profile pages:

Screenshot
Owners of Discoverable apps can already view theirs
Biggest change is reorganising the information already available

Customisation is "fantastic" but consistency is better for new users
Image carousel is in a separate tab
Description is in an expand
Popular Slash Commands is more prominent
Colour banner creates consistency with App Profiles
Tabbed layout makes information more obvious
Field added for Search
People are making the most of Markdown, but that isn't always rendered.
Therefore: Short Description field, 200 chars without markdown


General Improvements have been made "that none of y'all should be able to see"


Readiness

App Directory Experiment coming "very soon"

"Now is a great time to make sure that your app is all set"


Need to know:

App directory is for Verified Apps
Requirements Checklist in Dev Portal
Once you're opted in you can view your Product Page
Short Description is now mandatory (old apps will have this automatically populated)
Need to be using Interactions/Message Content Privileged Intent
Bots and Apps cannot contain Age-Restricted content

Sexually explicit material
Illegal/dangerous goods


Extra Points

Must designate Support Server

This must be a COMMUNITY server


Include Images/Videos in the Carousel
Add Links (e.g. socmed, github, website)
Select Languages supported by the app

Description fields are localisable


Q + A


How Apps are ranked:

"This is probably going to be better answered in a Help Centre article"
Home is curated
Tags set in Dev Portal are used (via ML)
Best thing devs can do is fill out everything re our apps as in depth as they can.


"Will Apps be able to link directly to their App Directory listing"

Not immediately
Mason is "real excited" about this idea
App Directory will always be available through the app


"Localisation still missing for some fields on profile pages"

All profile stuff should support l10n (at least in backend)
They want to make sure all strings are localisable
Wants to understand how devs can be helped
Dev team does not have experience w non-English


"Will the App Directory have Voting and Reviews"

Not for launch.
Really interesting ways to show social proof OUTSIDE these.


"Why were image previews moved/Benefit of changes"

Image carousels are pretty standard
Really hard to represent what a Discord bot does in an image
Not mandatory, so low uptake

"Do we force this? If so how do we make them good?"


There were attempts to make them look good, but did not work out.
So there is a tab for people who have images, but no requirement.
Wanting to make the "General" tab more flexible while rewarding the work people put into them.


App directory Mobile

Desktop only


Why aren't non-verified apps allowed

Apps must be verified

Important step for growth
Required for >100 guilds
Important moment for Intents et al


Valid question on why wait for 76 guilds

Worth exploring
Need to make sure it can be handled


Terms of Service/Privacy Policy: Built in way to host policies allowed to use Gdocs?

Important to have ToS/Privacy Policy


Progress/Short term improvements on Modals

Want to do other Select Menu things first for efficiency


Improvements for Slash Commands (Additional arg types, perf, etc)

Performance improvements are happening as above
"Might be some interesting changes to [...] how channel and app mentions look"
Changes to the pop up could ship in Slash Commands
Usability: "huge priority"

Will be looked at after App Directory
Especially on Mobile
Could even be a totally different UI

Old Forms idea could be worth trying


Share button in App Directory??

Outdated screenshot?
Copies invite link to clipboard
Would like to use the share sheet like Guild Invites
There could be improvements to the bot invite experience


Focus after App Directory

Working on the app directory for a while
Making app experience 100x better
Including better app integration with Discord and intents
App Directory is a massive milestone for Discord Bots
App Directory is the start of a new chapter, featuring native discoverability
...still not answering the question...
Vague talk about improved l10n and Dev Exp.
Mason admits that he is ranting
Making more improvements to the Directory
Smaller features, preparing for 2023
"So stoked to see what happens next"


NSFW flag on slash commands, will apps with these be allowed on Directory

Preface: Eventual Help Centre Article will be the source of truth
Age-restricted content is prohibited in Directory, full-stop
Apps with Age-restricted commands are not permitted.
Legal and Policy implications; can't say much.