Suggestions dashboard
Collect, triage and action community feedback. The Suggestions dashboard groups every submission into boards and categories, exposes lightweight analytics and lets you tune voting and submission rules without leaving the page.
Before you start
- PREMIUM tier or higher (the page header shows a PREMIUM badge)
- You have suggestions.manage on this server
- SYNTHET has Send Messages, Embed Links, Add Reactions and Manage Threads
- At least one channel where suggestions will be posted (forum or text)
What you'll see
The page header carries the title, a PREMIUM badge and a Save settings button. Tabs underneath separate triage from configuration.
Suggestions tab
Where day-to-day triage happens. A filter bar sits above a list of suggestion cards.
Filter bar
- Board — narrow to a single board. Selecting a board also limits the category filter.
- Status — All, Open, Under Review, Planned, In Progress, Completed, Implemented, Rejected and so on.
- Category — filtered by the chosen board.
- Search — free-text search across title, description and tags.
- Sort — newest, oldest, top-voted, controversial.
Suggestion card
- Title, author and submission time at the top.
- Up/down vote chips — click to vote on behalf of the user (admins only).
- Status pill that opens a dropdown to change status.
- Category and board chips for quick reassignment.
- Expandable detail panel with the full description, attached images, comments and the staff-notes section.
- Action buttons: assign to a staff member, add a watcher, edit, delete.
Creating a suggestion from the dashboard
The + New suggestion button opens a modal with these fields:
Which board the suggestion belongs to.
Up to 120 characters.
Example: Add reaction roles
Long-form description with markdown support.
Filtered by the board you picked.
Optional free-form tags for filtering later.
Hide the submitter's name. Available if anonymous mode is enabled in Settings.
Boards tab
Boards are the top-level containers. Categories live inside boards and inherit the board's channel.
Boards list
- Each row shows board name, target channel (forum or text) and a count of categories.
- Click the pencil icon to edit, the trash icon to delete.
- A board with a forum channel uses Discord forum threads; a text channel uses pinned embed posts.
Categories list
- Categories appear nested under their parent board.
- Each row shows emoji, name, description and a vote count.
- Use the edit icon to change emoji or rename.
- Deleting a category requires confirmation and re-homes existing suggestions to the board default.
Analytics tab
Lightweight analytics. Refreshes when you switch into the tab.
Header stats
- Total suggestions, open count, implemented count, implementation rate %.
- Total votes, average votes per suggestion, watchers and comments.
Status distribution
A horizontal bar chart shows how many suggestions sit in each status. Use it to spot a backlog of "Under review" entries.
Top categories table
Ranked table with rank, category emoji+name, count and percentage of total. Empty state shown when no suggestions are yet categorised.
Submissions per day
30-day line chart. Combine with status distribution to see whether new ideas are being triaged.
Settings tab
Tune voting and submission rules. Click Save settings in the header (or the in-tab Save button) to apply.
Voting card
| Setting | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vote-up emoji | Emoji | 👍 | Emoji used for upvotes on the posted message. |
| Vote-down emoji | Emoji | 👎 | Emoji used for downvotes. |
| Min vote threshold | Number | 0 | Minimum vote total before a suggestion is considered for review. |
| Max per day | Number | 0 | Per-user daily submission cap. 0 means unlimited. |
Submission rules card
Allow users to hide their name from the public message.
Let authors edit their own suggestion after submission.
Require a staff approval before suggestions appear publicly.
Permit similar suggestions instead of auto-merging.
Advanced section
An advanced collapsible exposes future power-user options. Today it explains that advanced rules are governed by your subscription tier.
Audit tab
Read-only history. Use it to answer 'who marked this completed?'
Filter bar
A single Action dropdown narrows entries to a specific event type (status changed, deleted, voted, etc.). Below it sits a paginated table.
Table columns
- Timestamp.
- Actor (user or system).
- Action label.
- Target suggestion ID.
- Details — what changed and old/new values where applicable.
Common tasks
Set up your first board
Most servers start with one general board.
- Open DashboardSuggestionsBoards.
- Click + New board.
- Pick a forum or text channel.
- Add 3–5 categories (Bugs, Ideas, Server, Bot, Off-topic).
- Switch back to the Suggestions tab and confirm the board appears in the filter dropdown.
Triage a suggestion
Move an idea from Open to Planned.
- Open DashboardSuggestions.
- Use Status filter to show Open.
- Click the suggestion to expand it. Read the full description and comments.
- Use the status pill to switch to Planned. The original message in Discord is updated automatically.
- Optionally add a staff note explaining the decision.
Tighten submission rules
When low-effort spam appears.
- Open DashboardSuggestionsSettings.
- Set Max per day to 3.
- Toggle Moderator review on so new ideas wait for approval.
- Click Save settings in the header.