Expanding timeout functionality

TheMadKingNoah

Currently we have the option to timeout(mute) a member, making them unable to chat or interact in a server. However, we are very limited with the current functionality and I believe some things should be added.

 

Longer durations (Including permanent option for verbal bans)

We are very limited when it comes to setting durations on timeouts, on clients you have 6 static options with the longest timeout being 1 week, the API has a maximum of 28 days. I think durations should be more flexible and shouldn't be limited to only a few options. It should also be possible to set a permanent timeout, permanently preventing users from sending message and/or interacting. I believe this can be useful when you want a user to still be able to read messages such as announcements, and not having to ban them.
 
 

Native list of timed out users (e.g. in server settings similar to the "Bans" page)

It can be hard to find out who's currently timed out and how much time is remaining. This is especially a challenge in larger servers with over a thousand members. A good way of being able to properly manage your timed out users would be by being able to see timed out members in a list, like the list of banned members in a server.
 
 

API That allows bots to solely fetch timed out users

We are unable to solely fetch timed out users, required to filter out the entire member list which can be tedious and time-consuming in large servers. I believe this should be implemented to give the timeout functionality more possibilities amongst development.
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  • Revive

    This'll make timeouts far more versatile and practical, and certainly encourage uptake

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  • moelly

    Hopefully Discord can manage to take a look at this neat suggestion :p

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  • .aleena

    Praying Discord takes this into consideration 🙏

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  • Blind

    Seeing more flexibility with the timeout feature would be great, totally agree

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  • Rykie

    More flexible options with timeout abilities would be greatly appreciated. Though there are several ways to expand usage besides the use of the timeout feature, such as role/permission modifications, server administrators/moderators alike should have the open ability to moderation abilities for their server, whether it's through the use of a bot or built-in support. 

    I've tested out a few techniques with muting members by granting them a "muted" role, adding their user ID to a database then referring back to it/removing it, but having to do this instead can prove to be a tedious task; especially if your bot's memory/database storage has exceeded, or the bot has gone down (Which in turn would mean that you'd have to implement a feature to run through all muted members, check when they were muted via storage fetching, then unmute if their duration has expired, which is tedious IMO when a feature could easily be implemented to ease the practice)

    It can be hard to find out who's currently timed out and how much time is remaining. This is especially a challenge in larger servers with over a thousand members. A good way of being able to properly manage your timed out users would be by being able to see timed out members in a list, like the list of banned members in a server.

    I'm 100% for this. As a moderator for a server with over 900k+ members, it'd be extremely helpful to see a feature of this kind, and it's irregular that it wasn't implemented when the timeout API was introduced. 

     

    Discord alone has supplied servers with many moderation techniques and abilities to take care of their servers, but there is more that could be added.

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  • Val

    I 100% support this.

    This would make timeouts so much better.

    It's much easier to use timeouts rather than having to deal with the hassle of making sure the roles are configured properly for each channel + all the other complications Rykie mentioned above.

    But, as mentioned in the original post, the timeout feature's limited functionality is preventing us from switching over.

    As a Moderator for a server with nearly 1 Million members, it would be amazing if the suggestions in the main post were to be added to the timeouts feature. It would be very nice to see the functionality of timeouts to be expanded.

    Please take this into consideration Discord.

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  • Espelund

    100% in support of this.

    With timeouts being a thing, it is incredibly annoying still having to use a 'muted' role if your server is using a ticket bot. 
    Why can we not get permissions for people that are timed out, it is such a hassle to deal with currently.

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