Anonymous Confessions
Posts a member's text to a channel with zero author attribution anywhere - not in the message, not in any bot log - with bans handled through a one-way hash that expires.
Setup
$confessions setup <#channel>
Also /confessions setup. Posts a short disclaimer message (just "this channel is fully
anonymous" plus a Very Technical Info button for anyone who wants the actual
mechanism) with a Submit a Confession button, and keeps it re-pinned to the bottom
of the channel automatically (a background check runs every 15 seconds, posted silently so re-stickying
never pings anyone). Re-running setup on a different channel removes the old disclaimer.
Submitting
/confess
Also the disclaimer's own Submit a Confession button - both open the same form.
There's deliberately no prefix command for this: a typed message would be visible in the channel
before the bot could act on it, defeating the point. Max 1800 characters, and a 30-second cooldown
between submissions per member (resets on bot restart - it's abuse prevention, not a persisted log).
Each confession (and each reply) gets a random muted color, just for visual variety - it's not tied to
the server's $customize color and can't be used to tell two confessions from the same
poster apart.
Modals can't accept file uploads, so there's no way to attach an image directly - but pasting a
direct image or gif link (ending in .png/.jpg/.gif/
.webp) as part of the confession text renders it as a real image in the embed instead of
sitting there as a plain link.
Replying
Every confession has its own Reply button, which opens (or reuses) a thread under that confession for anonymous replies - same anonymity guarantees as the confession itself, and replies get the same random-color treatment. Opening the thread doesn't leave Discord's own "X started a thread" system notice behind - Pixie deletes it immediately, so nothing points back at who triggered it.
Moderation
$confessions ban add <confession_id>
$confessions ban remove <ban_id>
$confessions ban list
Also /confessions ban add/remove/list. Each confession shows
a short ID in its footer - ban add uses that ID to ban whoever posted it, but only
within 7 days of posting. After that window the link is deleted from storage
permanently, and that confession can never be used to identify or ban anyone again, even with full
bot access.
Bans work by hashing the poster's user ID together with a secret, app-wide "pepper" value that no command ever exposes - the bot can check whether a hash matches a ban record without that hash ever being reversible back to a real account. The disclaimer message's own Very Technical Info button explains this in more detail for anyone who wants to verify it themselves.