Owned Apps Profile Widget

[RathAdventures]

Since the removal of developer badges, we’ve lost a reliable way to identify who actually builds the bots and apps we use daily. This isn't just about vanity; it’s about safety as well.

Right now, anyone can claim they own a popular bot, and "provide help and information" about it, and without digging through external links or support servers, it’s hard for the average user to disprove them or know any better.

While I will gladly admit the badge we lost was pretty easy to get for non-developers, and in a sense was kind of useless (it could have been changed, but alas), this suggestion would show who actually owns what, and develops what.

I propose Discord adds an "Owned Apps" widget to user profiles. Just like we have widgets for games, we should have a space to display which apps we own and develop, or are part of a team for.

Why this helps:

Anti-Impersonation: If the app isn't displayed in their profile widget, they aren't the owner. Simple.

Prevention: It stops "Script Kiddies" from pretending to be the architects of major projects.

Recognition: It gives real developers a place to showcase their portfolio directly on Discord.

Discovery: It helps users find other cool tools made by devs they already trust, and can help spread awareness of their apps.

Cleaner UI: Instead of cluttering the badge list in the mini profile, this provides a structured, distinct space for owned apps, inside the expanded profile.

Let's bring back recognition to developers who make discord what it is today, and do it in a much better way.

[bignutty]

You are absolutely correct!

I am ecstatic to report that I am the developer of fifty thousand (very big) discord bots (recount pending), as proven by the blue "</>" badge on my Discord profile.

I hope this helps clear up any confusions.

Yours truly,
bignutty

[broman]

is this satire or do you actually think a little svg on your discord bio made you somehow more trustworthy than people without it

[RathAdventures]

Did you miss the whole "Yes it was kinda of pointless as it was" portion? hence the suggestion to improve upon the idea?
They let it get abused, and thus removed it. So let's improve upon it.

[broman]

“we’ve lost a reliable way to identify who actually builds the bots and apps we use daily”
in what universe was it a reliable way to identify literally anything, other than the account being owned by someone who could follow a 2 minute youtube tutorial

[bignutty]

How does this solution fix the problem? I can go create a bot with any name I want right now and "verify" it within a couple clicks, then add it to my hypothetical profile showcase. People who are mentally capable of verifying the identity of someone will check the support server or any other official channels/resources regardless, people who are unable to do so will blindly believe the big "mee6" icon on my profile.

And don't even get me started on the abuse potential of people adding eachother to their bot teams in order to display "noteworthy" applications on their profile.

[biast12]

very easily actually, just make it show the actual user/bot modal, that would very much confirm it's THE bot and not just a bot with the same name lol

[biast12]

I 1000000% agree and support this, not only would it be a great way to verify it's your bot but it may also be a really good way to advertise your bot too

[Icebluewolf]

Unlike the original 2 responses I will provide actual, non sarcastic input.

I do not think that putting this on a user account is worthwhile. However I think that putting this information on the bot profile would work well.

Putting another tab where the green rectangle is that shows all members of the team the bot is on would be pretty cool. I do think this should be a toggle in the dev portal in the event that some bot owners do not want to display this information.

[biast12]

I don't like the idea of it showing all the team members, for 2 reasons mainly

• You might have users that's a part of the team that you don't want to show on the bot (having it being optional who to show could solve this i guess)
• This might also lead to scammers specifically targeting the owners account or increase the impersonations of the bot owners
  (like they don't need to know who the owner is to figure out who, they would just have to look at the bot and know exactly who to go after)

Having it on the the user accounts would be better in my opinion since it would then show from the users point of view that they own the bots

Also note, my comment was not sarcastic, i do actually really like OPs idea, which is why i asked them to ping me too on DDevs when this was created

[Icebluewolf]

Your first point is valid, ideally this would be solved by each team member toggling if they want to show on the bot profile, but that makes a simple solution much more complicated to implement.

I believe your second point is going to hold true for any way that this information is displayed.

Also I was not referring to your comment when I was talking about sarcasm. Only the first 2 replies in the thread.

[CloveTwilight3]

Why not both the bot AND the user? That way there's a 2 way verification of who actually does what. Plus adding a support button that leads to the support server would also help improve bots. I notice people tend to send their "support" servers to a personal or blank server, so that could catch users out.