Zellonia Prepare for Slash Commands Permission

Hey Admins and Mods!

You may have heard about a feature for bots currently in beta called Slash Commands! Essentially, the way users interact with bots is about to become much simpler - it's as easy as typing "/" to bring up all the commands that bot can do. Slash Commands come with features like autocomplete, validation, and error handling. No more typing up memorized commands, which means bots no longer need to read user messages!

We're excited for how this update will unlock more fun with bots, and since we know many of you are careful with where and how you manage bot permissions, we wanted to give you a special heads up on what this is and what small actions you can take today to prepare for the upcoming release.

What this means for you
- We are launching a new permission: "Use Slash Commands."
- Currently, if you've wanted to avoid bot spam in certain channels, you may have turned off read/send message permissions for bots.
- However, if those bots use Slash Commands in the future, you'll need to configure this new permission in order to keep your channels consistent with how they're set up today. Otherwise, Slash Commands may be able to get around your old permissions setups. Commands are sent directly to the bot and not through reading user messages.
- Go through your channels and decide where you do and do not want to allow Slash Commands to be used (yes #botspam, no #channel).

You can see this permission option today on desktop, and on mobile in a few days.

Thanks for all your hard work!

P.S. Attached is a lil preview of Slash Commands in action.