If you've been a member of the community for the past few weeks, I know you've been waiting patiently for our Buddy Request BOT to become active.
Well, we have good news... It is alive and kicking!
Over the past couple of days, we have been testing the BOT and making sure it works without any problems. It seems to be swimming along nicely and the server has stopped shutting down randomly, so I think we are good to go!
It's nothing special. In fact, it's the very height of basic. We decided that we need some way for our members to BuddyUP.
Some people find it difficult to get involved in general chats and others don't spend much time getting to know others personally. After a little bit of thinking, the idea to make a BOT that would pair users together was born.
Being paired up with another member takes away the struggle that some people experience when they are approaching somebody new. With the BuddyME BOT you can pair up with someone new every 48 hours!
My thought was that; if two people are paired up, the likelihood that one person talks to the other is very strong! After all, they requested for the Buddy in the first place?
We have just removed our Self Promotion channel in the BuddyUP discord server. This is to start getting newer users into the habit of sharing other peoples work.
When you first join BuddyUP, you are a Tetra. This role is set so that you can use the Buddy Request channel to find more friends, you can curate posts on the post-spot channel, you'll be able to read the other channels and check out what the bigger fish are up too and you can float along to other fun areas and get involved.
Curating may seem like a silly thing for new users when you are just joining a server. After all, you want to promote yourself, so that you can show off what you can do. I get that, I've done it (and still do!), other people do it, and there are so many servers out there where you can drop in, send your post, and dip out just as fast as you got here.
Not in BuddyUP.
This place is about engagement. It's about being a member of the community and improving yourself one keystroke at a time. We want our users to get better, and I'm going to make sure you guys have the features and the platform to do it.
I'm so glad you asked. Once you have shown us that you are willing to engage, improve and share what you've found about your Buddy, your favorite author or just other members of the community. You'll be ready to be a Guppy.
When you're a Guppy, BuddyUP opens to some different possibilities. This is where you are going to seriously improve.
Hopefully, those scales have toughened up as a Tetra.
When you're a Guppy, you'll want some thick skin.
Guppies have got access to the post-drop channel. This is the place for people who want to improve themselves constantly. It's a feature focused on constructive criticism and honest feedback.
The other feature that opens up to Guppies is the community-effort channel. This is where we put our heads together and we all pitch in to make an amazing post based on a certain topic.
We pitch an idea, decide who is doing what, then we go and research and write up what we need to. Once we are all ready and everything is pasted into the channel, somebody takes the information, edits, and types of the community post. We decide on contributions and what percentage each person receives and then we wait for the payout day to roll around when we will split it up.
We already have our first post done and dusted. Head on over to Cruel Digital World and check it out!
You've shown that you want to improve. You've been curating and showing off some brilliant posts. You're positive, enthusiastic and you know how to pick out a great post from a pile.
You are now a Gourami.
You've come a long way since the first days on the server. Now you can see some exceptional content from a mile away.
the-hook is where all our brilliant content stays and it's the Gourami who choose it. Improving yourself and being consistent has paid off massively because everyone in the server now looks up to you as someone who has paved the way for their own success. You've earned it.
Now you get to help out the other people on their journey.
BuddyUP is not your average channel. We are focused on your improvement. You need to make the decision about whether or not you want to be here. If you want to continue dropping the link to your post into 20 servers and repeating that boring routine, day after day, until someone nibbles at your line, go ahead. I don't know if it works because I'm not about that game.
If you're here for BuddyUP, we're here for you.
Evolve into somebody who values great content and loves to make people feel amazing. You've got the power to improve, compliment, teach and enjoy. Use it wisely.
You're welcome to drop into our ocean here and see what we do. If it's not your vibe, that's ok we understand. Hopefully you will find your place here and we can learn something from you.
We all grow together.
Images taken from Pixabay.com & Unsplash.com.
If you'd like to get involved, head over to our server here or if you don't trust those dangerous looking green words, here https://discord.gg/9b7FtHu
See you in there!
