Guides: Glossary
The glossary
The 70 words OneBump uses. Each one is explained as if you are hearing it for the first time.
Discord basics
Server
A server is your community on Discord: the place with your channels, members and roles. You may see the word “guild” in some places. It means exactly the same thing.
Channel
Channels are the rooms in your server, like #general or #memes. OneBump uses one of them, your bump channel, to show adverts from other servers.
Bot
A bot is an app you add to your server. OneBump is a bot. Its job is to show your server to other servers so new people can find you.
Slash command
Type / in any channel and Discord shows a list of commands. Pick one and press Enter. OneBump’s main ones are /bump, /setup and /help.
Permission
Permissions are on/off switches in Discord, like “Send Messages” or “View Channel”. OneBump needs four of them and never asks for Administrator.
Role
A role is a label like “Moderator” or “Member”. Whoever has the role gets its permissions. OneBump gets its own role when you add it.
Manage Server
To change OneBump settings you need the “Manage Server” permission in that server. Owners and administrators have it automatically. Anyone can type /bump. You do not need any permission for that.
Mention (ping)
A mention is an @ followed by a person’s name or a role’s name. Discord then notifies them. People also call it a “ping”. OneBump mentions the person who bumped when it is time to bump again. Anyone can switch their own off with /reminder.
Server ID
Every server has an ID: a number about 18 digits long. To copy yours, first switch on Developer Mode in Discord (Settings → Advanced → Developer Mode). Then right-click your server’s icon and choose Copy Server ID. On a phone, press and hold the server’s icon and look for Copy Server ID.
Age-restricted channel
Discord lets you mark a channel as age-restricted. Members have to confirm they are 18 or older to open it, and members under 18 cannot see what is inside. A server can only receive 18+ adverts if its bump channel is age-restricted. A bump channel for ordinary adverts should not be: members under 18 could not see the adverts in it.
AutoMod
AutoMod is a Discord feature that deletes messages containing words or links you have chosen. If its rules also catch OneBump’s adverts, the adverts vanish as soon as they arrive. That breaks the swap, so your server cannot bump until it is fixed. In Discord, open Server Settings → Safety Setup → AutoMod, open the rule, and let the OneBump role, or your bump channel, skip it.
Timeout
A moderator can “time out” a member so they cannot send messages for minutes or days. If someone times out OneBump itself, it cannot post in that server, so bumping stops. In Discord, open the member list, press OneBump and choose Remove Timeout.
Bumping
OneBump
OneBump is a free Discord bump bot. When someone in your server types /bump, your server’s advert is posted in as many other servers as OneBump can reach at that moment (never fewer than 35), and other servers’ adverts appear in one channel of yours. A Free server can bump every 2 hours. Premium bumps a server for you every hour, day and night, and adds a banner. Each Premium bump reaches 50% more servers than a free bump made at the same moment. OneBump needs four permissions and never asks for Administrator.
Bump bot
A bump bot shows your server to people in other servers. OneBump is a bump bot: you type /bump, and your advert appears in other servers that use OneBump.
Bump
A bump is one push of your advert. Type /bump in your server and OneBump posts your advert into the bump channels of as many other servers as OneBump can reach at that moment (never fewer than 35). In return, adverts from other servers show up in your bump channel. That swap is the whole idea: everyone shares, everyone grows.
Network
The network is every server with OneBump set up. When you bump, your advert goes to some of them. When they bump, some of their adverts come to you.
The swap
OneBump is free because every server gives something back. Your advert is posted in other servers. In return, their adverts are posted in one channel of yours, your bump channel, where your members can see them. A server that hides or deletes those adverts is taking without giving, and loses reach.
Bumper
Anyone in your server can bump it. You do not need to be an admin. People who bump are called bumpers, and the leaderboard shows who has bumped most. The cooldown belongs to the server, so when one person bumps, everyone waits.
Linked servers
Some people open several small servers that all advertise the same place, so they can bump many times while everyone else bumps once. When a moderator confirms that a group of servers is run as one, the group shares one cooldown: when one of them bumps, they all wait. Owning two unrelated communities is fine and never links them.
Setup
Setup takes about 2 minutes. Pick the channel where other servers’ adverts should show up, and write a short description of your server. OneBump makes your invite link by itself. Type /setup to start.
Bump channel
Your bump channel is where other servers’ adverts land. It has to be visible to your members. That is your side of the swap. Most servers make a channel called #bumps or #partners.
Cooldown
After a bump, your server has to wait before it can bump again. Free servers wait 2 hours. Premium servers wait 30 minutes. The cooldown is for the whole server, not per person. If a friend bumps, the timer starts for everyone.
Reach
Reach is the number of servers your advert is delivered to each time you bump. OneBump can post a fixed number of adverts an hour, and shares them between every bump made in that hour: when fewer servers are bumping, each bump reaches more; at the busiest times, each reaches fewer, but never fewer than 35. A Premium bump reaches 50% more servers than a free bump made at the same moment, and you can bump every 30 minutes instead of every 2 hours and switch on auto bump. After every bump, OneBump tells you the real number it reached.
Bump reminder
When your cooldown ends, OneBump posts a reminder in the channel where you last bumped. On Free it mentions the person who bumped. Premium servers can pick a role to mention instead, so a whole team gets the nudge. Anyone can switch their own reminders off with /reminder.
Leaderboard
The leaderboard ranks the people who bump your server most. Type /leaderboard to see it. It is a nice way to thank your regular bumpers.
Your advert
Advert
Your advert is the card OneBump posts when you bump. It shows your server’s name and icon, your description, how many members you have and a Join button. You can change its colour, and Premium servers can add a banner. Type /preview to see exactly what others will see.
Description
The description is the text on your advert. Say who your server is for and what people do there. It needs at least 50 characters. Free servers get 500 characters and Premium servers get 1,000.
Invite link
Every advert has a Join button that uses your invite link. OneBump creates a permanent invite automatically, so you never have to paste one in. If someone deletes it, OneBump makes a new one the next time you bump.
Preview
Type /preview and OneBump shows you your advert exactly as other servers will see it. Only you can see the preview. Nothing is sent.
Accent colour
Every advert has a thin coloured stripe down its left side. Pick a colour that fits your server. If you do not pick one, OneBump uses its own blue.
Who sees your advert
Category
Pick the one category that best fits your server. Servers in the same category see each other’s adverts first, because their members are the most likely to care. OneBump suggests one from your description, and you can change it.
Smart matching
OneBump compares your category, tags and description with other servers. The most similar servers get your advert first. The rest of your reach is filled with other servers, so you always get your full reach and every server keeps receiving adverts. Matching is always on, for every server.
Why this advert?
Press More under an advert, or open the Apps menu on it and choose Why this advert? OneBump answers in one sentence: the two servers share a category or tags, or their descriptions are alike. If nothing matched, the advert arrived in turn: every server takes a share of all adverts, so every server gets seen.
Blocked words
We already block content that breaks our rules. Blocked words let you go further for your own server. Add up to 3 words or phrases (10 with Premium). You will stop receiving adverts whose server name or description contains them.
Hide advert
Press More under an advert and choose Hide this advert, or find it in the Apps menu. Only people who can manage messages in your server see it. It removes that one advert from your bump channel. Using it now and then is fine. Removing most adverts is not: bumping is a swap.
Rules and safety
18+ (NSFW)
18+ means adult content. You may also see it called NSFW, “not safe for work”. If your server is 18+ you must switch on “My server is 18+”. Its advert then only goes to servers that switched on “Receive 18+ adverts” and whose bump channel is age-restricted. Everyone else never sees it.
18+ lock
OneBump looks at things like your server name, channel names, channel topics and description. Each sign adds to a score, and stronger signs count for more. If the score is high enough, your server is marked 18+ automatically and the mark is locked. Only OneBump can remove the lock. Think we got it wrong? Press “Ask for a review” and a moderator will look.
Report
See an advert that is a scam, unmarked 18+ content, hateful or just spam? Tap the Report button under it, or open the Apps menu on the advert and choose Report this advert. Pick a reason and send. It takes ten seconds. The server you report is never told who reported it.
Case
When you send a report it becomes a case with a number like OB-4F7K2Q. A OneBump moderator reviews it and decides what to do. You can follow your cases and see what happened with /cases, or under “Reports I sent” on the website.
Fair play
OneBump only works if everyone plays fair. Adverts from others stay visible in your bump channel, a real person bumps (or you use Premium auto bump), and each server advertises itself. We check for hidden channels, deleted adverts, automated bumping and groups of servers funnelling people into one. You get a first warning. Then your reach is halved, then bumping is paused. It fades by itself once the problem is fixed, and you can always ask for a review.
Standing
Every server has a standing. Good standing: full reach. First warning: we noticed something, and nothing has changed yet. Limited: each bump reaches half as many servers. Paused: bumping is off for a short time (24 hours the first time, then 3 days, then 7). Under review: bumping is paused for 7 days and a OneBump moderator looks at the server; they can end the pause sooner. What we noticed counts for less as time passes: half as much after 14 days, nothing after 60. Type /info to see your standing.
Ask for a review
If your server was marked 18+, limited, paused or removed and you think that is wrong, a manager of the server can ask for a review. Say what you think we got wrong and what you have changed. A moderator reads it and answers on the case. Premium servers are answered first.
OneBump moderator
OneBump moderators are real people on our team. They read reports, decide cases and answer reviews. They see what OneBump knows about a server: its advert, its settings and its bump history.
Human check
If bumps from an account look automated, OneBump shows a quick question with a few buttons before the bump goes out. Tap the right one and you are done. It only appears when something looks off.
Network ban
A network ban stops a server from bumping and from receiving adverts. It happens after serious or repeated rule-breaking. The server’s managers are told why and can ask for a review.
Rewards
Vote credits
Each vote on top.gg gives you one credit. Collect 30 credits and swap them for a 14-day Premium gift link you can use on any server you manage. You can vote every 12 hours.
top.gg
top.gg is a separate website where people find Discord bots and vote for the ones they like. It is free and you log in with Discord. You can vote for OneBump every 12 hours, and each vote gives you one credit here. Type /vote for the link.
Referrals
You have a referral link. A server counts when it is new to OneBump, has at least 100 members and adds OneBump within 5 minutes of opening your link. Every 5 servers that count earn you a month of Premium. When someone buys Premium through your link you also earn 20% of what they pay. If you promote OneBump for a reward, you must say so.
Payout
When someone buys Premium through your referral link, 20% of what they pay is yours. It becomes ready 45 days after their payment, in case that payment is refunded. Once $10 or more is ready, you can ask for it on the Rewards page and we send it to your PayPal.
The website
Dashboard
The dashboard is the part of bump.ltd you see after logging in with Discord. It shows your servers, your stats and every setting, with a preview of your advert as you edit.
Activity
The Activity tab on the dashboard shows what happened and who did it: each bump, how many servers it reached, bumps that did not go out and why, and every change to your settings. Use it to check whether a bump worked or to see who changed something.
Stats report
A stats report is a tidy page of your bump numbers for any dates in the last 35 days: total bumps, top bumpers, busiest hours. You can print it or save it as a PDF. Free servers can make 1 every 30 days and Premium servers 30. It has nothing to do with reporting an advert.
Status
The status page shows live whether OneBump is working. If /bump does not answer, check there first: it might be a short restart rather than something wrong with your server.