Aegis (/ˈiːdʒɪs/ EE-jis; Ancient Greek: αἰγίς aigís) definitions:
1. "The protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization."
2. (Classical art and mythology) "an attribute of Zeus and Athene (or their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) usually represented as a goatskin shield."
3. (Us) "A community run, pre-emptive ban reporting service, for streamers, discord server owners, and their associated administration/moderation teams."
The Aegis Security System
At the core, Aegis is a system for streamers (currently limited to Twitch) and Discord server teams who operate LGBTQIA+ safe spaces, to report bans they have issued against trolls, raiders, and those that do not follow the rules and would pose a threat to these spaces.
These reports are made in announcement channels that get pushed out to registered members so they can get up to date and immediate reports.
From there, moderation teams of the registered communities can then judge those offenses against their own community standards, and pre-emptively issue bans BEFORE these folks come knocking.
As of May 2023, Aegis has over 50 registered communities with a combined community representation of over forty-seven thousand members!
Other Functions
In addition to security, Aegis is a central place for streamers and discord teams to meet, collaborate, plan events, exchange ideas, look for additional and experienced mods, train new mods, and so much more.
Aegis Registration Staff
You can trust those participating on Aegis are who they say they are; through our in-depth registration process.
Aegis staff scrutinize applications and verify the identity of those registering, including but not limited to: joining discord communities, watching twitch VODs, looking at social media accounts.
Once verified, we will share your server invite/channel link in a member list so other members know who is involved.
Security and keeping people safe is our #1 priority.
In Conclusion
The Aegis team recognizes that sometimes a tough stance is necessary to ensure safety and security; we will always attempt to calmly resolve any issues that arise, especially those within the community, however, we will not hesitate to kick members, or even deregister servers to maintain the harmony and safety of our community.
Interested in joining Aegis?
If you are a twitch streamer or a discord community owner feel free to join our discord to start the process.
Aegis is a FREE service and does not cost anything.
CURRENTLY AEGIS IS AN INVITE ONLY SYSTEM,
PLEASE CONTACT ROSA_YLVA ON DISCORD OR ANY CURRENT REGISTERED MEMBERS TO JOIN.
You must meet the requirements below:
Discord:
Be an LGBTQIA+ server or an LGBTQIA+ safe space.
No less than 200 members.
Your community is over 9 months old and has a viewable message history.
Depending on other factors these requirements may be reduced.
Twitch:
Be an LGBTQIA+ server or an LGBTQIA+ safe space.
Be a twitch affiliate or partner. If not you must have over 150 followers.
Your channel must be over 6 months old.
Have visible rules on your about page and chat.
Have VODs of previous streams.
Depending on other factors these requirements may be reduced.
Other factors that may help with both twitch and discord registrations may include if you have connected social media accounts, YouTube, websites etc.
Aegis also offers a read-only mode for communities that do not meet the requirements or opt for that option instead.
How to support what we are doing:
If you like what we are doing and think it is an important service, please consider donating.
We have a Patreon page set up if you want to support us every month!
Or if you would like to make a one-off donation please head to our Pally.gg.
