Yeah bringing in fresh blood can definitely be a problem if the mods get overwhelmed and stop actively looking for new people to bring into the server. Most closed general fandom discords I've seen have actually been pretty good about bringing in new fans though, and you're likely to get an invite to the bigger main fandom servers if you show a sliver of interest in connecting with the fandom through ao3/twitter/tumblr/forums ect and there are no receipts of you openly being a bully. Good places to look for hints as to who to ask for invites are character specific tags on tumblr and author notes on ao3. (Character and ship tags on twitter used to be a good place to look but not anymore lol)
I've definitely noticed that the mods making invite decisions over the past few years have been giving less and less leeway when it comes to extending invitations to anyone that's friends with/follows known harassers. This is partly because of the instances of server raids and banned users trying to use socks to sneak into servers they were denied access to because of their behavior.
Pro-tip, if you've been in a fandom for a while trying to find the action and nobody's hooked you up with an invite to a vetted discord, you might want to check your twitter follow list for wankers. I've seen a lot of mods debate over invites with arguments that go something like: "should we invite user xxxbunnycheeks? They haven't openly harassed anyone, but they follow a lot of people on twitter that post about calling for the degenerates of fandom to kill themselves, hmm. We probably shouldn't invite that person."
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I've definitely noticed that the mods making invite decisions over the past few years have been giving less and less leeway when it comes to extending invitations to anyone that's friends with/follows known harassers. This is partly because of the instances of server raids and banned users trying to use socks to sneak into servers they were denied access to because of their behavior.
Pro-tip, if you've been in a fandom for a while trying to find the action and nobody's hooked you up with an invite to a vetted discord, you might want to check your twitter follow list for wankers. I've seen a lot of mods debate over invites with arguments that go something like: "should we invite user xxxbunnycheeks? They haven't openly harassed anyone, but they follow a lot of people on twitter that post about calling for the degenerates of fandom to kill themselves, hmm. We probably shouldn't invite that person."