How to Build a Discord for Your Stream (Small Channel Version)
Twenty channels for six people kills a server. Here's the minimal setup that actually stays alive.
The most common small-channel Discord mistake is building a twenty-channel server for six people. Empty channels make a community feel dead. Start with four.
The four channels you need
#welcome, #general, #going-live, and one channel about your niche — art, cozy games, whatever your people share. Add more only when one gets too busy.
Automate going-live posts
Connect Twitch to Discord so announcements post themselves. Manual posting is the first thing you'll forget.
Give regulars a role
A subscriber or regular role with its own channel gives people a reason to stay engaged between streams, and it's free to run.
Make it look like your channel
Server icon, banner and emotes in your stream's palette turn Discord into an extension of the channel rather than a separate place. Reuse your emote art — resize it with the free resizer.
Reuse your emotes everywhere
Resize once, get Twitch and Discord sizes together — free, in your browser.
Open the resizer