Confessions

Create a read-only channel where members can post anonymous text and media through a submission panel.

3 min readUpdated Sep 30, 2026

Confessions gives members a channel-based form for anonymous posts. Members never need to DM the bot or remember a command.

Before you begin

  • Staff need Manage Server to change confession settings.
  • Discortics needs View Channel, Manage Channels, Manage Roles, Send Messages, Embed Links, and Attach Files in the destination channel.
  • Configuring the channel makes it read-only for members. Discortics keeps its own posting permissions.

Set up Confessions

Set up from the DashboardChoose the channel and enable Confessions.
  1. Open Dashboard → Settings.
  2. Find Confession.
  3. Select the destination channel and enable Confessions.
  4. Save the change.

Discortics updates the channel permissions and posts an Enter your submission below panel with a Submit button.

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The saved Confession section on Dashboard → Settings

Set up with a commandChoose the channel and enable Confessions in Discord.

Run /settings confession channel:#confessions toggle:true.

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The Discord confirmation after enabling Confessions

Existing confession setups receive one automatic conversion attempt on bot startup. If setup is blocked, grant the requested permissions and save or set up the feature again.

Submit a Confession

  1. Open the configured confession channel.
  2. Select Submit on the panel at the bottom.
  3. Enter the confession text.
  4. Optionally add up to five images or videos. All files together must be 10MB or less.
  5. Submit the modal.

Discortics posts the confession as a Components V2 container without displaying the sender's identity. Uploaded images and videos appear in its media gallery. The bot then moves the submission panel back to the bottom. Message commands, slash submission commands, and DM submissions are not supported.

Change or pause Confessions

  • Change the channel from Dashboard → Settings or /settings confession channel:#new-channel.
  • Pause submissions with the Dashboard toggle or /settings confession toggle:false.

When a channel is no longer used for Suggestions or Confessions, Discortics restores the permission overwrites saved before it became a submission channel.

Troubleshooting

If the panel is missing, save the setting again. Discortics also restores deleted panels automatically. If reconciliation still fails, confirm the bot can manage the channel and post files there.