Alt Accounts Experiment

Alt accounts let your team declare that several Discord accounts belong to the same person. The sanctions of one then extend to the others: a banned member can no longer come back with a second account to get around their sanction.

Experiment: Identity Update

Alt accounts are part of the Identity Update, planned for version 3.7.0. Until its release, they are an experiment, in public beta for Premium servers.

❓ How does it work?

• One group per person: a group gathers the accounts your team considers to be the same person. Groups are specific to your server: nothing is shared with other servers.
• Shared sanctions (Premium): ban, kick, mute, jail and timeout extend to the other accounts of the group, according to the mode you choose for each sanction. The sanction stays in the name of the targeted account, the others receive its status. Without Premium, accounts can be linked and viewed, but no sanction extends: the sanction log then mentions the member's other accounts.
• Shared removal: removing the sanction of any one of the accounts removes it for all of them, with or without Premium.
• Grouped search: searching the sanctions of an account also shows those of the other accounts in the group.
• Discord's AutoMod: timeouts and mutes applied by Discord's AutoMod also extend to linked accounts.
• Spotted by the captcha: the captcha Activity can link two accounts it is sure are the same person by itself, or suggest the link to your team.
• Logs: links, removals and changes of main account are recorded in the moderation logs.

Limits: none, neither on the number of accounts per group nor on the number of groups.

🔗 Link accounts with /alt

Use the command: /alt [user] [other]

• Without options: displays the list of linked account groups on the server. The "Link accounts" button links two server members, or two accounts that are not on the server by their IDs.
• With [user]: displays the group of this account, or this account alone if it is not linked to any other. Each account appears there with its status (banned from the server, on the server, not on the server, quarantined), the main account first.
• With [user] and [other]: directly links the two accounts, declared as the same person.

Replace [user] and [other] with the mention or ID of the desired accounts. Bots cannot be linked.

From a group's panel:

• "Link a member" adds an account to the group: a server member, or the Discord ID of an account that is not on the server.
• The "Edit an account in the group" selector opens a window to make it the "Main account of the group" or to "Remove this account from the group". A removed account is no longer treated as the same person, but if it was banned along with the group, it stays banned.

You can also find a member's linked accounts in the /modview moderation view, with the "Manage" button.

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The /alt command and its buttons require the Ban Members permission.

🛠️ Alt accounts configuration

1. Run the /settings command.
2. Open the "Moderation" tab.
3. Click "Configure" next to "Duplicate accounts".

Duplicate account management
Accounts declared as the same person with /alt share their restrictive sanctions: the sanction stays in the name of the targeted account, the others receive its status, and removing it, through any one of them, removes it for all. Choose how each sanction extends.

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Linked account sanctions Bannissement : Immediately
Expulsion : Immediately
Mute : Immediately
Emprisonnement : Immediately
Timeout : Immediately

Set everything to…

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Evasion sanction

Rest of the sanction

One account per person

Disabled

Only the main account of each group moves around the server: the others are quarantined (jail role), and leave on their own if they become the main account or are removed from the group.

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Linked account sanctions Premium

For each sanction, choose how it extends to the group:

1. On the Duplicate accounts screen, click "Edit" next to "Linked account sanctions".
2. In the window, choose a mode for each sanction.

The "Set everything to…" selector on the screen applies the same mode to all sanctions at once.

Linked account sanctions

Bannissement

Immediately

Expulsion

Immediately

Mute

Immediately

Emprisonnement

Immediately

Timeout

Immediately

Mode	Effect	Sanctions concerned
"Immediately" (default)	Ban: all linked accounts are banned right away, present or not. Kick: linked accounts present on the server are kicked too. Mute, jail and timeout: present accounts are sanctioned right away, the others when they arrive.	All
"Present now, the others on arrival"	Present accounts are banned right away, absent accounts are banned if they join the server during the ban.	Ban
"Trap"	Only the targeted account is sanctioned. Another account of the group that arrives or writes during the sanction is taken for evasion and receives the evasion sanction.	All except kick
"Disabled"	The sanction only targets the chosen account.	All

Group sanction

When a sanction extends to several accounts, it appears in the history (/sanctions, /modview) as a single group sanction (for example "Group ban"), which lists the accounts concerned ("Accounts") with the status of each. Each account keeps its own line, marked "Part of group sanction". Canceling, deleting or editing (reason, duration) the group sanction acts on all accounts at once. An account only sees its own line in /my-sanctions.

Evasion sanction

The evasion sanction applies to a linked account caught in "Trap" mode: it arrives on the server or writes there during its group's sanction.

1. On the Duplicate accounts screen, click "Edit" next to "Evasion sanction".
2. In the window, choose the "Sanction" and, if needed, its "Duration".

Evasion sanction

DocumentationWhat a linked account caught in trap mode receives: it arrives or writes during its group's sanction.

Rest of the sanction: it shares the group's sanction until it ends, with no sanction in its own name.
A sanction: it is applied in its own name, with its own duration, and counts for the whole group like any other: lifting it on any account lifts it for all.

Sanction

Rest of the sanction

Duration

For example 1h, 3d, 2w. Empty: permanent (required for a timeout, 28 days at most).

• "Rest of the sanction" (default): the account shares the group's sanction until it ends, with no sanction in its own name.
• A sanction (Ban, Kick, Mute, Jail or Timeout): it is applied in its name, with its own duration, and is not removed with the group. Leave the duration empty for a permanent sanction (e.g., 1h, 3d, 2w).

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A timeout always requires a duration, of 28 days at most. Mute and jail require their role to be configured.

One account per person

With this setting, only the main account of each group moves around the server. The other accounts are put in quarantine with the jail role ("Quarantine" sanction in the history). They leave it on their own if they become the main account or if they are removed from the group.

1. Run the /settings command.
2. Open the "Moderation" tab.
3. Click "Configure" next to "Duplicate accounts".
4. Click "Enable" next to "One account per person".

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This setting requires a Jail role. Without it, RaidProtect refuses to enable it.

To change a group's main account, use /alt with one of the accounts, then the "Edit an account in the group" selector.

Frequently asked questions

Are alt accounts shared between servers?

No. Groups are specific to your server and nothing is shared with other servers.

What happens when I unban one of the accounts?

Removing the sanction of one of the accounts removes it for all accounts in the group.

Can I link an account that is not on my server?

Yes. In the /alt panel, click "Link a member" and enter its Discord ID.

Who can use /alt?

Members who have the Ban Members permission, on a Premium server while the Identity Update is an experiment.