{"id":2182083,"date":"2026-10-06T15:43:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2182083"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:43:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T12:43:55","slug":"keep-it-family-friendly-segas-official-sonic-discord-swarmed-by-50000-people-in-six-hours-as-understandably-strict-moderation-is-put-in-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2182083","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Keep it family friendly&#8221; &#8211; Sega&#8217;s official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/sonic-racing-crossworlds\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">&#8220;Keep it family friendly&#8221; &#8211; Sega&#8217;s official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Don&#8217;t make Froggy sad.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/sonic-this-might-not-end-well.png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Sonic the Hedgehog screenshot from final level of Sonic Colors Ultimate\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"sonic-this-might-not-end-well.png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Sega<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Connor Makar avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"tAtwiaBo_400x400.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"374\" height=\"374\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/connor-makar\">Connor Makar<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\n<p>Published on   <time datetime=\"2026-10-06T15:43:55+00:00\" data-auto-time-zone=\"true\" data-year=\"numeric\" data-month=\"short\" data-day=\"numeric\" data-hour=\"numeric\" data-minute=\"numeric\">Oct. 6, 2026, 3:43 p.m.<\/time>\n              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-the-hedgehog-official-discord-oh-no?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          4 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"header_actions\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"5350f69e-eb0f-4fee-a7b9-532cee7cd8e6\" data-name=\"Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\" title=\"Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds\"><br \/>\n  Follow Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n  <a class=\"button outline wide preferred_source_button\" data-component=\"preferred-source-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=eurogamer.net\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"logo\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><br \/>\nPrioritise us on Google  <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it&#8217;s proven immediately popular, and strictly locked down. There is no fan art channel as of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sonic_hedgehog\/status\/2107231633082294555\">made on official Sega social media accounts<\/a>, reads as follows: &#8220;Looking for a place to chill and chat all things Sonic the Hedgehog? Maybe find people to race in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds? We are excited to welcome you to the official Sonic Discord server!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th anniversary trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gvMzM6k-E-Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This post, made on X late last night, invited hordes of Sonic fans into the hub all at once, where there are various channels for discussion of Sonic games, movies, and comics. There&#8217;s even an off-topic channel, which seems potentially unwise, and when Eurogamer explored the Discord server today, strict moderation features were in place.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, the server is currently on slow mode, meaning the quantity of posts made in each channel has been drastically reduced. There are also chat limitations in place, preventing newcomers to the server from posting at all unless they use a Discord Nitro boost (a paid service). A plea to &#8220;keep it family friendly&#8221; is present on the rules page as well.<\/p>\n<p>The moderators posted a launch day Q&amp;A, establishing some additional ground rules for the influx of Sonic fans. It claims over 50,000 people hopped into the server within around six hours, and made it clear a fan-art channel would eventually be coming down the line. It also confirms that posting images has been disabled by default, and an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; auto filter is removing messages written in all-caps.<\/p>\n<p>Even with these strict rules and harsh moderation practice, cheeky messages have found a way to be sprinkled throughout the chat channels.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image_a8x4cPR.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.9844961240310077\" width=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image_a8x4cPR.png\" height=\"258\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.9844961240310077\" width=\"512\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, for the most part, the current state of the Discord server is stable. For the most part, people are spamming the same Discord sticker showing the Sonic mascot running towards the screen. Which, relative to other gifs that could be posted, is harmless fun.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this will be a home for discussion on upcoming Sonic games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-team-hiring-35th-anniversary\">Sega was recently hiring for key roles across a variety of teams<\/a>, indicating Sega could be working on fresh Sonic games, though nothing has been announced as of writing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-sales-cross-one-million-sega-aims-to-double\">Sonic Racing: Crossworlds was the latest release and has proved fairly successful<\/a>, speeding past 1m sales in short order.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image_U0bFRTG.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5793991416309013\" width=\"405\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image_U0bFRTG.png\" height=\"699\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5793991416309013\" width=\"405\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>How long the Sonic discord will exist, and how long the moderators will last, remains the two big questions. Eurogamer wishes these moderators all the best in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\" data-autopogo>\n<p>Sega has invited chaos upon itself by launching an official Sonic the Hedgehog Discord channel. Unsurprisingly, it&#8217;s proven immediately popular, and strictly locked down. There is no fan art channel as of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sonic_hedgehog\/status\/2107231633082294555\">made on official Sega social media accounts<\/a>, reads as follows: &#8220;Looking for a place to chill and chat all things Sonic the Hedgehog? Maybe find people to race in Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds? We are excited to welcome you to the official Sonic Discord server!&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\" style=\"display: none\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Here&#8217;s the Sonic the Hedgehog 35th anniversary trailer.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gvMzM6k-E-Q\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This post, made on X late last night, invited hordes of Sonic fans into the hub all at once, where there are various channels for discussion of Sonic games, movies, and comics. There&#8217;s even an off-topic channel, which seems potentially unwise, and when Eurogamer explored the Discord server today, strict moderation features were in place.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>For example, the server is currently on slow mode, meaning the quantity of posts made in each channel has been drastically reduced. There are also chat limitations in place, preventing newcomers to the server from posting at all unless they use a Discord Nitro boost (a paid service). A plea to &#8220;keep it family friendly&#8221; is present on the rules page as well.<\/p>\n<p>The moderators posted a launch day Q&amp;A, establishing some additional ground rules for the influx of Sonic fans. It claims over 50,000 people hopped into the server within around six hours, and made it clear a fan-art channel would eventually be coming down the line. It also confirms that posting images has been disabled by default, and an &#8220;aggressive&#8221; auto filter is removing messages written in all-caps.<\/p>\n<p>Even with these strict rules and harsh moderation practice, cheeky messages have found a way to be sprinkled throughout the chat channels.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"258\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image_a8x4cPR.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.9844961240310077\" width=\"512\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image_a8x4cPR.png\" height=\"258\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.9844961240310077\" width=\"512\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, for the most part, the current state of the Discord server is stable. For the most part, people are spamming the same Discord sticker showing the Sonic mascot running towards the screen. Which, relative to other gifs that could be posted, is harmless fun.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"2\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, this will be a home for discussion on upcoming Sonic games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-team-hiring-35th-anniversary\">Sega was recently hiring for key roles across a variety of teams<\/a>, indicating Sega could be working on fresh Sonic games, though nothing has been announced as of writing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/sonic-racing-crossworlds-sales-cross-one-million-sega-aims-to-double\">Sonic Racing: Crossworlds was the latest release and has proved fairly successful<\/a>, speeding past 1m sales in short order.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt height=\"699\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/image_U0bFRTG.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5793991416309013\" width=\"405\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"image_U0bFRTG.png\" height=\"699\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 0.5793991416309013\" width=\"405\"><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>How long the Sonic discord will exist, and how long the moderators will last, remains the two big questions. Eurogamer wishes these moderators all the best in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds &#8220;Keep it family friendly&#8221; &#8211; Sega&#8217;s official Sonic Discord swarmed by 50,000 people in six hours, as understandably strict moderation is put in place Don&#8217;t make Froggy sad. 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