A starboard is a best-of channel your members fill themselves. When a message collects enough stars, ZombyIO posts a copy with a link back to the original, and the number on the post follows the stars.
Takes about 3 minutesFree, Premium raises limits
What you will end up with
A message reaches the number you set, and a copy appears on the board with the author, the text, the first picture and a button back to the original.
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AlexToday at 14:32
The cat just knocked my whole setup off the desk.⭐3
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ZombyIOAppToday at 14:32
⭐ 3 #general
Alex
The cat just knocked my whole setup off the desk.
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Where to find it
Open the dashboard, pick your server and choose Starboard in the sidebar (on a phone: under Features in the bar at the bottom). That is two clicks from your server list. You can also press Ctrl K anywhere in the dashboard and type the name.
In the dashboard, pick your server and choose Starboard in the sidebar. Under Choose the channel for the board, pick a channel. That makes your first board.
A channel of its own works best, where members can read but only the bot writes. ZombyIO needs permission to see it, send messages and embed links in it.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardStarboardEnabledSet it upChoose the channel for the board#starboardUsually a channel of its own, where only the bot writes.
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Step 2: Pick the emoji and how many it takes
The emoji starts as a star. Any other works too, including your server’s own, so a meme board can count a laughing face.
Under Stars a message needs, pick a number from 2, 3, 5, 10 and 25, or an exact one from 1 to 100. Three is right for most servers. Reactions from bots never count, and neither does an author’s star on their own message unless you allow it.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardEmoji that counts⭐Stars a message needs2351025
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Step 3: Or pick a starting point
Under How easy should it be?, a card sets several things at once:
Small server: two stars, messages up to 7 days old, and posts stay.
Active server: five stars, messages up to 14 days old, and posts stay.
Large server: ten stars, messages up to 14 days old, and a post that falls below the number goes again.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardHow easy should it be?Pick a starting point for this board.Small serverTwo stars, messages up to 7 days old, and posts stay.Active serverFive stars, messages up to 14 days old, and posts stay.Large serverTen stars, messages up to 14 days old, and a post that falls below the number goes again.
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Step 4: Switch it on and save
Flip the switch in the coloured banner and press Save in the bar at the bottom. What happens right now sums up what the board does.
Tip
Try it with a low number first: set it to 1, star a message, and see the post appear within a few seconds.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardStarboardEnabledWhat happens right nowA message with 3 stars gets a copy in #starboard.Age-restricted channels never reach a normal board.
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Step 5: Choose which channels count, if you need to
Open More about this board. Under Which channels count, pick Every channel, Only these channels or All except these. A thread counts as the channel it belongs to.
The board’s own channel never counts, so a popular post cannot climb back onto the board it is on.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardMore about this boardA name, which channels count, and what happens to the post later.Which channels countEvery channelA message anywhere on the server can reach this board.Only these channelsStars count in the channels you list and their threads.All except theseStars count everywhere but the channels you list.
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Step 6: Know what stays off the board
Two things are kept out on purpose:
Age-restricted channels never reach a normal board. No setting changes this.
Private channels, ones @everyone cannot read, stay off a board more people can read, so a joke in the staff channel does not go public because three people liked it. Messages from private channels can reach the board turns this off. ZombyIO compares who can read each by their roles, so a server that opens its channels through a member role works as it should.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardMessages from private channels can reach the boardOff keeps a message off the board when somebody who can read the board cannot read its channel. Age-restricted channels never reach a normal board, whatever this says.
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Step 7: Add more boards, if you want them
One board is the whole feature on the free plan. Premium runs up to 10, each with its own channel, emoji and number: one for art, one for memes. Press Add a board under Your boards.
zomby.io/dashboard/…/starboardYour boardsOne is plenty for most servers. More let you run a board per topic, each with its own emoji.Board 1#starboardAdd a board1 of 1 boards
Every setting explained
In the order the page shows them. Names in bold are exactly what the dashboard calls each control.
Your boards
BoardsFree: 1 · Premium: 10
Counted from the top of the list. When Premium ends, boards past the free plan’s limit stay saved and paused, and run again with Premium.
Emoji that counts
Any emoji, including your server’s own. A custom emoji keeps counting when it is renamed.
Stars a message needs
From 1 to 100. Discord’s own count decides, minus bots and the author’s own star, at the moment a message reaches the number.
More about this board
Name
Only for you, to tell boards apart on this page. Up to 40 characters.
Which channels count
Every channel, Only these channels or All except these. Threads and forum posts count as their channel.
Authors may star their own messages
Off by default: an author’s star on their own message is not counted.
Messages from bots can reach the board
Off by default: messages written by bots and webhooks stay off the board. Stars from bots never count either way.
Messages from private channels can reach the board
Off by default. ZombyIO compares the roles that can read the message’s channel with those that can read the board. A private thread always counts as private.
Take the post down when the stars fall below the number
Off by default, so a post stays once it made it. On, a post goes when the stars fall below the number, and can come back.
Oldest message that counts
From 1 to 30 days; 14 to start with. Older messages are ignored however many stars they get, so nobody can walk years of history onto the board.
This board is running
Off keeps the board’s settings but posts nothing.
Free and Premium
Premium costs €6 a month per server and is shared by every admin of that server. It raises limits, it does not unlock the feature.
Free and Premium
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Something not working?
The problems people run into most often, and how to fix each one.
A message has enough stars but no post appears
Check these in order:
The feature is off, or the change was not saved.
The message is older than Oldest message that counts.
Its channel is not covered by Which channels count.
Some of the stars do not count: the author’s own, and those from bots.
It comes from an age-restricted or a private channel.
A bot wrote it, and Messages from bots can reach the board is off.
ZombyIO may not post in the board’s channel. Server Check says so.
The number on the post is behind
It changes at most twice a minute per post, because Discord allows only a few edits per channel. It catches up by itself.
I deleted a post from the board and it did not come back
That is on purpose: deleting a post by hand keeps that message off the board for good.
What happens when the original message is deleted?
The copy goes too, within a few seconds. A year after it was posted, that link between the two is no longer kept.
A moderator cleared all reactions and the post stayed
Discord’s event for clearing every reaction is not followed, so the post stays and its number can stay too high. Delete the post by hand if it should go.
The original was edited and the post still shows the old text
A post is a copy of the message at the moment it reached the board. Only the number changes after that.
A board says it is paused
It is past your plan’s limit, because Premium ended. Boards run from the top of the list, so delete one above it or get Premium again.
Ask in the ZombyIO support server. Bring your support ID, your server’s support ID and a sentence about what you expected to happen, and someone will look at it with you.
