How to Set Up a Discord Server
The steps below show you how to set it up using a Mac, but the steps are similar for all platforms, even if button placement differs slightly from platform to platform. That’s it! You have now created a Discord server. Before your friends start showing up and making a mess of the place, you can assign roles to different server members.
How to Make Roles in Discord
Roles in Discord are essential to make sure that you have some amount of control over your server. You can set as many types as you like. Typically, you’ll find roles like Administrator, Moderator, Member, and others like that. Each has its own set of permissions for actions they’re allowed and not allowed to take. You can set up multiple roles and different permissions for each one this way. The @everyone role will be the default role for new members as they join the server.
How to Assign Roles to New Users
When a new user accepts your invitation, they’ll automatically be assigned the @everyone role. You can change their role right from the list of users on the right.
Managing Roles in Discord
You may decide at some point that you’re micromanaging your users too much. You can easily delete the roles you created in Discord.
Some Notes About Roles
There are some essential things to know about roles in Discord. Users can have multiple roles. For example, a user can be a moderator and an admin. Each one can grant different permissions depending on what you set. If a user has no assigned roles, they’ll get the permissions assigned to the @everyone role. Roles can only be manually assigned to users one user at a time. If you remove one with 900 users and then change your mind, you’ll need to reassign 900 users one at a time. Bots can help with this. Some services that integrate with Discord, like Patreon, use bots to auto-assign roles to users.
