Previewing guilds?
Karumtoo-Rexo opened this issue · comments
I noticed that the Discord dev team still didn't add [a user-friendly] way to preview guilds/servers before joining them.
Is it possible if Fosscord would implement such a feature? Maybe an account dummy mode, if possible?
Are u talking about the PREVIEW_ENABLED feature?
Are u talking about the
PREVIEW_ENABLEDfeature?
'Preview_Enabled' feature? Could you briefly explain what that feature is, please? It would help me to clarify what I would want for Fosscord.
{ Issue/Suggestion reopened. }
Discord has a built-in system to preview guilds (only ones that are communities), this way you can "take a look" at the guild, but you can't send messages, add interactions, join voice channels, etc. (that's because you are not a member of the guild, you do not appear in the members list). You "leave"/stop seeing the server as soon as you click another guild, a DM channel, or if you close the Discord client.
If you check the official Discord API docs, you will see that guilds have something called "features".
Features are, for the sake of redundancy, some extra features a guild has. For example, if a guild has the VERIFIED feature flag, then that guild will have the "verified badge" next to the server name.
Fosscord has te same features that Discord has, but with few additions.
Reference: https://discord.com/developers/docs/resources/guild#guild-object-guild-features
Ah, yes! That's what I'm referring to! Although, us users, could preview all guilds (that's including those outside of [Discord-verified] communities).
Users have reported before that they'd like to preview all public, verified, and private guilds on Discord's support forums.
{Sources 1 & 2 for context.}
Or, as I posted before, a dummy account feature would be useful as an alternative.
You can add the PREVIEW_ENABLED feature flag to any guild in Fosscord.
If you want a custom preview button next to a server invite or in another place, you need to wait the custom client to be finished, or you can edit the test client in fosscord-server.
Dummy/shared accounts are not recommended.
You can add the PREVIEW_ENABLED feature flag to any guild in Fosscord.
If you want a custom preview button next to a server invite or in another place, you need to wait the custom client to be finished, or you can edit the test client in fosscord-server.
Huh, that's a good idea. I'm gonna have to try that when the Test Client is fully online.
Oh, and...
Dummy/shared accounts are not recommended.
I'll forget this part of the request, then. ((toothy grin))
Thank you for your answers, @n0bodysec. ((thumbs up))
{ Closed as resolved. }
You are welcome!