Request for File Tree Structure of Server List

Hello,

I am requesting an alternate way to view the list of servers. Currently, the list of servers is a giant list of big blobby icons that can be put into a big blobby folder of which none actually display the title of the server until you hover over the image. This is extremely frustrating to deal with when you have more than 5 servers to moderate, interact with, or simply lurk in. You can see this ridiculousness in the image provided. How is anyone supposed to know which bubble is which? Color-coding the folders is not efficient in the slightest.

Users currently have to rely on the following for organizational structure:

1. What the server icon looks like because there are no labels for server names or details immediately identifiable.

2. What the folder color looks like because again, no labels immediately identifiable.

3. Not being able to search for a server, so again, #1 and #2.

4. Managing large single folder directories or many small single folder directories without clear separation markers, which again #1, #2, and #3.

5. My favorite of the list, including DMs in the same location as the server list with the DM being an icon that looks like a server.

My recommendation is to implement a file tree structure similar to what you see in windows file explorer (as seen below) where the icons still exist along with the server name.

Users will then have the ability to expand and collapse their subfolders of servers of which they have organized however they have chosen in a clean and organized fashion. This list of servers does not need to be visible at all times and should thus be collapsible. Doing so will also alleviate any concerns about screen space on the mobile app. This is 100% necessary as the current method of organization is not scalable, manageable, or even enjoyable. However, users should have the option to select which file structure to use.

There have been other posts requesting similar features, such as the following post found here. The issue with this post is that the moderators included a broken link to a post of similar topic and told people to upvote that post, so it appears nothing as been done for 3 years.

Another post found here, is requesting just a simple organizational improvement by adding a custom label separator in the long vertical list of servers. While this is a minimal necessity, it also does not scale for a larger number of servers. This also does not fix the issue that there are no server names visible until you hover over the image.

It is clear that the current method of organizing servers is not sustainable or, again, scalable as more users develop their server lists and interact with a growing number of communities. It is also clear to me that the community is requesting this, but I have not seen any interaction from the Discord team on this topic aside from a broken link from 3 years ago.

Thank you for your consideration.

THI

January 09, 2022 22:45

Cara essa Ideia seria bastante útil. mas isso dificultaria os iniciantes ou melhor os novos na plataforma, isso seria ideal se tivesse a opção de ativar esse modo o que ia ser INCRÍVEL.
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Zlake

January 09, 2022 23:47

The comment by THI is translated below.

Man this Idea would be very useful. but this would make it difficult for beginners or better new to the platform, this would be ideal if you had the option to activate this mode which would be AWESOME.

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I would like the option to choose between a classic mode and "advanced" mode as well. That way users can choose which style to use according to their presences at that time.

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