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The best bots to enrich your Discord Server in 2022
Discord bots are vital tools that automate tasks on your Discord server in order to build a genuinely engaged community. Discord bots allow server owners to moderate communities as well as add engaging features such as games, music, memes, and more.
This article will list the top bots to make the most of your Discord Server.
Reasons to use bots with Discord
Bots are simply computer programs that interact with humans (and sometimes with other bots) to perform certain functions automatically.
A website with a helpful chat window opens up, offering to talk with you about their product or service; that’s a bot.
Bots can be helpful or infuriating, depending on their purpose, design, and deployment.
On Discord, bots provide a variety of productive and not-so-productive features to the community on the server where they “live.”
You can add bots to your Discord server that help you moderate members or make your server a little more unique and fun.
For example, some bots play music, bots that offer amusing memes on request, bots that fetch your game stats for you, and bots that play a loud air horn noise on the channel when prompted to do so.
How to add a bot to a Discord Server?
Adding bots to a Discord server can be a long process, especially for the first time. Once you get the hang of it, it’s pretty simple. Here are two essential requirements in order to be able to connect a bot to your Discord server.
Step 1: Turn on administrator access
In order to add a bot to a Discord Server, you will have to be an administrator. If you don’t own the server, it’s probably good to check with the owner before adding anything.
- From your Discord home page, select the server you’d like to add the bot to (on the left-hand side of the Discord Website).
- Once Selected; Choose the drop-down menu (the server name in the top left-hand of the screen with a small down arrow).
- Tap Server Settings.
- Tap Roles.
- Click on Default Permissions.
- Scroll down to the Advanced Permissions setting and toggle Administrator on.
- Click Save Changes.
Step 2: Authorize the bot to access a Discord Server
It’s important to note that depending on your bots’ source website; you may see “Invite” or “Add Bots.” We will use the Dyno bot for this example, but the instructions may vary if you’re adding another Bot.
Keep in mind that you will need to perform these steps for each server you own or moderate.
Here’s how to add a bot to your Discord Server:
- Visit the website of the bot you want to add. Then, click on the option to log in.
Note: Each source will have slightly different instructions. But overall, most follow steps similar to these. - Log in using your Discord credentials. Then, select the server where you’d like to use the bot and click ‘Continue.’
- Make the selections appropriate for your server and click Authorize.
- Go through the setup process.
Note: If you have trouble finding your server, make sure that you are logged into Discord in the same browser you’re using for the Bots’ website. Also, verify that you are signed into the correct account.
How to manage a Discord bot?
Now that you’ve added your bot let’s review how you can manage it. Most bots have a dashboard located on the website with comprehensive controls for moderation. But you can make some adjustments in Discord’s settings too. The instructions below will vary depending on the bot you’re using.
- Head over to the bot’s website and click on the Dashboard option.
- Scroll down the page and sift through the controls that your bot offers.
- Make changes as you see fit.
Again, each bot will have different instructions and different capabilities.
Discord is very careful with bots and sometimes requires multiple authorizations to enable one to work. Even though the platform uses Oauth2 to permit a bot to access and interact, you may still see a prompt to authorize it within the channel.
The top bots for Discord
Here are the six top used bots for Discord on the internet to tackle moderation and music automation and integration.
Hydra
When it comes to music, Hydra has commands for queueing songs, pausing, skipping, replaying them, etc. Unfortunately, this bot has been forced to drop YouTube support. But at least it does support Spotify.
Additionally, Hydra also has administration commands. You can use it to ban users, limit users’ DJ roles, kick, move around, announce, and more. Hydra Premium brings even more DJ commands. Anything from boosting bass levels to adjusting speed.
Hydra’s web dashboard which lets you customize the bot however you want, is also a great feature.
Fred Boat
Fred Boat is another solid choice as a music bot for Discord. It supports YouTube, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, and even Twitch. It’s possible to queue live streams too. No support for Spotify, though.
A variety of commands are available. Playing, queueing, skipping, shuffling, and more can be executed with many of the commands listed on Fred Boat’s website.
Fred Boat’s advantage over other bots is that you can view the player on the web with a UI. You can use this to adjust your queue instead of relying on commands.
Octave
Perhaps not as well known as the other music bots, Octave is still an excellent addition to any Discord server. Being less popular can also have benefits, as it is less likely to experience downtime and lag.
Octave is frequently updated to ensure it works properly, the commands are simple, and it is generally straightforward to install and use.
All three of these music bots are solid, so choosing which to use will likely be a good one.
MEE6
For server owners looking for advanced automated moderating, MEE6 should be the first choice.
With a simple set of commands, you can add a welcome message for every new user, either posted in a shared text channel or sent privately. There is even an option for automatic assignment of roles.
You can also add custom announcements or messages when a user joins a voice channel.
You can automatically block designated types of content and even ban users who share such content. Automatic mutes, kicks, and much more can be applied. If it’s appropriately set up, MEE6 can effectively replace the role of a human admin of your server.
With MEE6 premium, you can reward users with unique roles once they reach a certain level, connect multiple Twitch and YouTube channels to your server, and customize your moderation messages.
MEE6 premium costs $11.95/month, $49.99 for a whole year, or $89.90 for lifetime use on one server. Send out a MEE6 bot invite through the MEE6′ website or a bot list like top.gg.
Dyno
Dyno provides similar advantages and benefits to MEE6. It offers simple automation for many management tasks.
You can view logs of deleted messages and kick and banned users, which can help keep an eye on the users on your server.
Alongside its many moderation commands, Dyno can play music, and games, flip coins, search for topics, and more!
With a premium Dyno account, the bot can create custom embedded messages, special text channels that can be viewed when a user is in voice chat, and auto-purge settings that let you delete all messages from a channel after a given amount of time. Premium costs $4.99/mo for one server or $11.99/mo for three. Send out your Dyno invite today and start using one of the top Discord bots for moderation.
ProBot
Welcome images, voice/text levels, reaction roles, logs, high-quality music, moderation, and many many more! ProBot has all the expected auto-moderation features and auto-response and supports 13 languages.
ProBot is a great alternative to Dyno and MEE6 is ProBot. Its creators claim 99.99% uptime, making it one of the most reliable bots available in the market.
ProBot is a relatively new Discord moderation bot that includes welcome bot messages, auto-response, and anti-raid protection. It can work as a Discord welcome bot that sends new members a custom welcome message that consists of the member’s avatar and name.
When a user breaks the rules, ProBot Discord can warn, mute, kick, or ban a member from a text or voice channel or your entire server. It can also move the offending member into a voice channel where a human moderator can talk about their behavior. You can set automatic responses to specific words or messages. If a whole channel is acting up, ProBot can lock the channel and clear its messages.ProBot can also play music, auto-assign roles, and assign XP to members.
In addition to the above free features, ProBot Discord offers two paid plans–prime and premium. Prime lets you adjust your music volume, unban all banned users at once, and implement more advanced anti-raid features. Prime costs $2.50/month or $24.99/year. Premium includes the above features while also letting you change the name and avatar of your server’s ProBot. It costs $9.99/mo or $79.99/yr.
If you haven’t set up your Discord server yet, we’ve gathered all the information needed to create your first Discord Server in this Article: “How to set up a Discord server: the ultimate guide”.
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5 Best URL Shortener Services in 2024 [Free & Paid]
A URL Shortener is a technique in which a URL may be made shorter and still redirect to the original long page.
Most URL Shorteners are free and easy to use but come with limitations.
Google shut down its Google URL Shortener in 2018 with continued support until March 30, 2019. However, all existing links will continue to redirect to the intended destination.
Top URL Shortener Services on the Internet
1. Bitly.com
Bitly offers a free and enterprise version of its URL shortening service. No signup necessary, but creating an account allows you to manage links quickly and change the short link characters if you wish.
According to this Quora answer, the enterprise version of Bitly costs around $995/month.
Pro Tip: add + after the short link to access analytics of any bitly link. bitly.com/link+
2. TinyURL
A simple shortener that requires no sign-up and allows users to customize the keyword. The service is free to use, but there is no analytics.
3. Short.io
The best shorten link provider so far, it has so many useful features such as google analytics integration, bulk import, broken links detection, built-in analytics with so many details, link cloaking, and more.
Cost: affordable compared to similar solutions.
4. Rebrandly
Rebrandly is one of the popular URL shortener services in the market. It’s the most complete and reliable link management platform. Their solution provides the easiest way to create, measure, and manage short URLs with a custom domain name.
You can buy your domain name using Rebrandly, tag your URLs using UTM tagging, allow social media pixels to optimize for conversions, and more.
It’s expensive compared to other solutions.
5. eg.gd
eg.gd is a new URL shortener service that offers the same as rebrandly but for free. It was launched last year when bit.ly service was blocked in Egypt.
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Saudi Fintech ‘Lendo’ Raises $28M in Series B Funding
Lendo, a Saudi Arabia-based shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, has raised SAR 105 million ($28 million) in Series B funding led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (“PIF”). The round saw participation from Shorooq Partners, AB Ventures and other investors.
Lendo is a Shariah-compliant, debt crowdfunding marketplace that helps pre-finance outstanding invoices for businesses in Saudi Arabia. The platform is a community of creditworthy borrowers and sophisticated investors looking for alternative investments. The platform is licensed by the Saudi Central Bank (SAMA). Lendo will use the funds to support its fast-growing customer base in Saudi Arabia which has grown 3X year-on-year, introduce more innovative financing products, and accelerate market expansion plans.
“With this funding round, we are going to expand into new markets, support new and current customers, and launch new Shariah-compliant products, all the while continuing to innovate the marketplace for digital lending. We are going to make financial services more accessible, affordable, and inclusive for everyone. I am excited to see what the future holds for our company,” said Osama Alraee, CEO, and co-founder of Lendo, who also disclosed its plans for an IPO within the next few years.
Alraee has also expressed his gratitude to SAMA (Saudi Central Bank), Fintech Saudi, MCIT, Misk, and Monshaat for their unwavering support, emphasizing the pivotal role they have played in advancing financial inclusivity and fostering innovation in partnership with Lendo to reshape the financial landscape. Their dedicated efforts in advancing financial inclusivity and fostering innovation have been invaluable to us. We greatly appreciate their partnership in our mission to transform the financial landscape
Commenting on the announcement, Sanabil Investments said: “Lendo is a leading fintech company that is transforming the financial services industry in their specialist area of Shariah-compliant digital lending for SMEs. The Lendo team, especially the founders, Osama and Mohamed, have achieved a significant amount in a relatively short period, and we are eager to join their journey of increasing access to flexible financial solutions in Saudi Arabia and the region at large.”
“The growing demand for alternative, agile, and accessible lending solutions presents a significant opportunity. At Lendo, we are well-positioned to lead the charge in promoting financial inclusion not only in Saudi Arabia but also beyond. By fueling SME growth, we aim to contribute to the realization of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 economic goals and to create a ripple effect of opportunity throughout the MENA region,” said Mohamed Jawabri, COO, and co-Founder of Lendo.
Lendo previously raised a SAR 27 million Series A funding round ($7.2 million) in 2021 led by Derayah Ventures with participation from Seedra Ventures and other investors, bringing the fintech’s total funding to SAR 132 million ($35.2 million).
Since the inception of Dec 2019, Saudi fintech Lendo has processed more than 2,500 financing transactions on its platform, providing over SAR 1 billion ($300 million) in financing to SMEs and generating SAR 140 million ($37 million) returns for investors.
The Small and Medium Enterprise financing landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) presents a substantial market opportunity as limited financial access continues to restrict the growth of the region’s businesses, with commercial banks hesitant to issue loans to SMEs at scale, resulting in a high percentage of declined financing requests annually. According to the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the SME financing gap is estimated at SAR 19.5 trillion ($5.2 trillion) every year in developing countries.
Lendo’s debt crowdfunding platform aims to bridge the financing gap for SMEs, which aligns with the Saudi Vision 2030 to significantly expand SME lending from 4% in 2018 to 20% by 2030.
The total value of debt crowdfunding in Saudi Arabia surged from 1.4 million SAR in 2019 to SAR 771 million in 2022, marking a remarkable 430% growth, according to SAMA’s annual fintech report 2022.
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Have you ever downloaded these malicious 400 apps?
Meta has identified over 400 malicious Android and iOS apps designed to steal Facebook login information and compromise people’s accounts.
These apps are disguised as photo editors, games, VPN services, business apps, and other utilities to trick people into downloading them. Some examples include:
- Photo editors, including those that claim to allow you to “turn yourself into a cartoon”
- VPNs claiming to boost browsing speed or grant access to blocked content or websites
- Phone utilities such as flashlight apps that claim to brighten your phone’s flashlight
- Mobile games falsely promise high-quality 3D graphics
- Health and lifestyle apps such as horoscopes and fitness trackers
- Business or ad management apps claim to provide hidden or unauthorized features not found in official apps by tech platforms.
How do these apps work?
Malicious developers create malware apps disguised as apps with fun or useful functionality — like cartoon image editors or music players — and publish them on mobile app stores.
To cover up negative reviews by people who have spotted the defunct or malicious nature of the apps, developers may publish fake reviews to trick others into downloading the malware.
When a person installs the malicious app, it may ask them to “Login With Facebook” before they can use its promised features. If they enter their credentials, the malware steals their username and password.
If the login information is stolen, attackers could gain full access to a person’s account and do things like message their friends or access private information.
How to protect Facebook accounts from malicious mobile apps?
Malware apps often have telltale signs that differentiate them from legitimate apps. Here are a few things to consider before logging into a mobile app with your Facebook account:
- Requiring social media credentials to use the app: Is the app unusable if you don’t provide your Facebook information? For example, be suspicious of a photo-editing app that needs your Facebook login and password before allowing you to use it.
- The app’s reputation: Is the app reputable? Look at its download count, ratings, and reviews, including negative ones.
- Promised features: Does the app provide the functionality it says it will, before or after logging in?
What to do if your Facebook account is compromised?
Suppose you believe you’ve downloaded a malicious app and have logged in with your social media or other online credentials. In that case, we recommend that you delete the app from your device immediately and follow the following instructions to secure your accounts:
- Reset and create new strong passwords. Never reuse your password across multiple websites.
- Enable two-factor authentication, preferably an Authenticator app, to add an extra security layer to your account.
- Turn on log-in alerts so you’ll be notified if someone is trying to access your account. Review your previous sessions to ensure you recognize which devices have access to your account.
- It’s also recommended to report malicious applications that compromise Meta accounts through the Data Abuse Bounty program.
What are the 400 malicious apps?
Meta provided a list of more than 400 malicious apps in a blog post so users can check to see if they have downloaded any of them. Some apps include Beauty Camera, Kangaroo VPN, Magic Horoscope, and QR Barcode Scanner.
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