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Good evening,
The following happened to a friend of mine: He was banned with the reason that he is a member of another Discord server. We both reviewed the server rules here in the forum and on Discord, but we couldn’t find any rule that prohibits such a membership.
I then looked through the official Discord Community Guidelines and found the following rule under "Respect Discord":
*Do not engage with our service in an inauthentic way. This includes artificially inflating server membership, manipulating engagement metrics, and selling artificial engagement services.*
If players are being banned simply for being members of other Discord servers, in my opinion, this is an attempt to artificially influence member counts—and that would be a violation of Discord’s guidelines.
That this practice is indeed being used on Grand RP is shown by numerous unban requests in the forum itself:
- Unban request from bhuveshknights (March 19, 2026): The player was banned by Floki Vilgeroarson for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"I understand that involvement with an illegal Discord is a big violation of server rules"* — even though this rule is not publicly stated anywhere. [Ban Appeal ID: 89097]
- Unban request from Punjab Kingz (March 20, 2026): The player was banned by Frost Vukovic for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"I was unaware that the server I joined was against the rules. If I had known, I would never have joined it."* [Ban Appeal ID: 125401]
- Unban request from Jarad Anthony (March 21, 2026): The player was banned under "General Rule 4.1" — with the reason that he was on a Discord server where cheats are offered. He writes: *"The reason for my ban was my mere presence on a Discord server. I did not realize that being in a Discord group would be treated as a violation of the same magnitude as active cheating."* [Ban Appeal ID: 90860]
- Unban request from Kirito Snowveil (March 21, 2026): The player was permanently banned by Bobby Pluxury for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"One of my friends sent me a Discord link and I joined it just for fun."* [Ban Appeal ID: 86075 + 151565]
- Unban request from DevJain (January 26, 2026): The player was banned for joining a Discord server at a friend’s invitation. He writes: *"I joined the server without knowing that it was a leader questions server. I did not send a single message, nor did I participate in any discussion or activity."* [Blacklisted | Nixa_Simba]
The facts:
1. The rule does not exist publicly anywhere in the server rules.
2. Despite this, the rule is being systematically enforced — which is intransparent and unfair.
3. The rule violates Discord’s Platform Manipulation Policy ("artificially inflating server membership").
My request:
1. This internal rule should be removed entirely.
2. Enforcement of this practice should be stopped immediately.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Best regards,
Max Schalkfurt
The following happened to a friend of mine: He was banned with the reason that he is a member of another Discord server. We both reviewed the server rules here in the forum and on Discord, but we couldn’t find any rule that prohibits such a membership.
I then looked through the official Discord Community Guidelines and found the following rule under "Respect Discord":
*Do not engage with our service in an inauthentic way. This includes artificially inflating server membership, manipulating engagement metrics, and selling artificial engagement services.*
If players are being banned simply for being members of other Discord servers, in my opinion, this is an attempt to artificially influence member counts—and that would be a violation of Discord’s guidelines.
That this practice is indeed being used on Grand RP is shown by numerous unban requests in the forum itself:
- Unban request from bhuveshknights (March 19, 2026): The player was banned by Floki Vilgeroarson for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"I understand that involvement with an illegal Discord is a big violation of server rules"* — even though this rule is not publicly stated anywhere. [Ban Appeal ID: 89097]
- Unban request from Punjab Kingz (March 20, 2026): The player was banned by Frost Vukovic for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"I was unaware that the server I joined was against the rules. If I had known, I would never have joined it."* [Ban Appeal ID: 125401]
- Unban request from Jarad Anthony (March 21, 2026): The player was banned under "General Rule 4.1" — with the reason that he was on a Discord server where cheats are offered. He writes: *"The reason for my ban was my mere presence on a Discord server. I did not realize that being in a Discord group would be treated as a violation of the same magnitude as active cheating."* [Ban Appeal ID: 90860]
- Unban request from Kirito Snowveil (March 21, 2026): The player was permanently banned by Bobby Pluxury for "Illegal Discord." He writes: *"One of my friends sent me a Discord link and I joined it just for fun."* [Ban Appeal ID: 86075 + 151565]
- Unban request from DevJain (January 26, 2026): The player was banned for joining a Discord server at a friend’s invitation. He writes: *"I joined the server without knowing that it was a leader questions server. I did not send a single message, nor did I participate in any discussion or activity."* [Blacklisted | Nixa_Simba]
The facts:
1. The rule does not exist publicly anywhere in the server rules.
2. Despite this, the rule is being systematically enforced — which is intransparent and unfair.
3. The rule violates Discord’s Platform Manipulation Policy ("artificially inflating server membership").
My request:
1. This internal rule should be removed entirely.
2. Enforcement of this practice should be stopped immediately.
Thank you for your time and attention.
Best regards,
Max Schalkfurt
