GUIDE · STAFF RECRUITMENT
A "we're hiring staff, DM us" message is the easiest way but gives the worst result: hundreds of DMs, unmeasured choices, and a few weeks later a staff member who wipes the server. A tidy recruitment is made of a clear need, a good form, fair evaluation and a trial period.
"Staff" is very broad. Registration staff, chat moderators, event leads and the support team need different people. Separate the roles and write down what each one does and which permissions it needs. Build permissions in steps with the role hierarchy.
Use a form instead of DMs. Groyt's /application system puts a panel with a button in the channel; members answer the questions inside Discord, and the application lands in the staff channel. Good questions: the hours they're active, previous experience, a situational question like "two members are fighting, what do you do?", and why this server.
Have at least two people read the applications. Give accept and reject with Groyt's buttons; the candidate learns the result by DM and nobody is left hanging. You can block abusers from applying. Details: application bot.
Give a new staff member a "trial" role with limited permissions first; with Groyt's temporary role feature it drops off by itself when time's up. Staff stats score registration, punishment, message and voice work; you make promotion decisions with data, not gut feeling.
/application settings and put the panel in a channel with /application panel.Discord's own rules already ban under-13s. Setting an age limit above that is the server's decision; you can ask in the form and take it into account when evaluating.
There's no exact number. Having at least one staff member online in every slice of your active hours is a good starting measure.
Take their role right away and keep anti-nuke protection on. The logs show what was done.