Social
0 reviewed bots in this category.
What these bots do
This category connects your server to the rest of the internet. A new video on YouTube, a live stream on Twitch, a clip on TikTok, a post on Bluesky or Reddit — the bot announces it in the right channel with a preview and a link.
Then there is the second half: profiles inside the server. How people introduce themselves, which links they attach, what achievements are visible. Both halves do the same job — making people and their work visible.
Features that actually matter
How fast the notification arrives. For streams this decides everything. A notification ten minutes after a stream starts is worthless, because whoever watches is already there. Twitch offers webhooks that fire immediately; bots polling every minute are slower and less reliable. Ask which route the bot takes.
How many accounts. Free tiers frequently cap at one or two watched accounts. For a server with several active creators, that is the number that decides.
Customisable messages. The default announcement is rarely the one you want. Check whether text, mention and embed are configurable, and whether different channels can mention different roles.
Behaviour on repeats. A stream that restarts twice should not be announced three times. Good bots enforce a cooldown.
Platforms that still exist. This category ages quickly. A bot integrating services nobody uses any more is a sign that nobody works on the bot any more. Check that the platforms your community actually uses are covered.
Permissions worth checking
Send Messages, Embed Links, Attach Files and Use External Emojis. If notifications should ping a role, that role needs to be mentionable — which is a role setting, not a bot permission.
Mention @everyone is where you should say no. A stream announcement is rarely important enough for everybody. An opt-in notification role reaches the interested and leaves everyone else alone.
Nothing here needs Administrator. Some bots ask for Manage Webhooks to post through webhooks — technically sensible, but it also lets the bot read and modify existing webhooks. Acceptable from a well-maintained bot, unnecessary from one that works without it.
Where server owners go wrong
The first mistake is too many sources in one channel. YouTube, Twitch, TikTok and Reddit all reporting into the same place means nobody reads it. Split by platform or by person.
The second is announcements with no opt-out. A fixed mention people cannot escape leads to members muting the channel — and then missing the announcements that mattered.
The third is assuming reach comes from volume. Five notifications a day become background noise. One that genuinely announces something new gets read.