Suggestion moderation

A staff workflow that shows what happened

Review submissions, move them through clear states, add context, handle duplicates, and reopen ideas without losing their history.

Aethor gives moderators a workflow rather than a collection of unrelated commands. The current suggestion message, votes, media and state history stay connected as staff act.

Five resolution states

Accept, Deny, Plan, Implement or mark an idea as Duplicate. Labels, colors and destination channels can be configured per setup.

Private manage panel

Open a staff-only panel from a suggestion to change its state, edit content, add a reason or mark the original suggestion for a duplicate.

Comments and history

Add staff comments in any state, optionally without naming the moderator. State transitions can be rendered on the latest suggestion card.

Restore and continue

Restore a resolved suggestion to the open channel with its votes and media intact. A new Discord message is created and tracked.

Optional review queue

Hold new submissions for staff approval, rejection or similarity review before they appear in the public suggestion channel.

Anti-abuse controls

Blacklist members and configure cooldown, account-membership age, exact duplicate and maximum-open-suggestion checks per setup.

How it works

01

Review

Use the optional queue or open a suggestion's staff manage panel.

02

Decide

Choose the state, add a reason, and decide whether the response should be announced publicly.

03

Keep context

The latest card reflects the outcome, while stored history supports later changes and restoration.

Questions people ask

Who can moderate suggestions?+

Suggestion moderation commands default to members with Manage Messages. Discord server administrators can change command permissions under Integrations.

Can a denied suggestion become planned later?+

Yes. Suggestions can move directly between states. Re-applying the state they already have is the rejected transition.

Can staff comment anonymously?+

Yes. The anonymous option hides the moderator's name on a staff comment. It does not make the suggestion author anonymous.

Explore the workflow

Set up your first suggestion channel.

Add Aethor, run the setup command, and configure the workflow from a private staff dashboard.