> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.astrobirb.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Frequent Questions

Frequently asked questions.

| Question                                     | Answers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| -------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Is Birb a paid service?                      | Yes, we are more lenient though on locked features.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| How can I "partner" / "affiliate" with Birb? | While this a thing inside the 'ER:LC' community, and we have a large following from that community.<br />We do not partake in engaging in mass partnerships for the sake of growth, we would<br />rather have the partnership actually mean something.                                                                                                                                    |
| Will there be a dashboard?                   | There is a dashboard that's in development. Over 2 years, we've gone through multiple prototypes but were never able to stick the landing. <br />However, this time we've created something that can be finished, but the question is 'When?' <br />The dashboard is being worked on by one person, and that one person has a life, so development is quite slow. <br />There is no ETA." |
| Can I become a developer?                    | You can contribute to Birb @ [Open Source](https://github.com/bugsbirb/Birb). Keep in mind we have the right to deny your pull request, even if it adds a lot of content.<br />We advise not vibe coding, it creates issues in the long run and becomes a problem.                                                                                                                        |
| How can I become staff?                      | You will be notified next time the staff applications are open in our discord server.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |

## Subscriptions

| Question                                      | Answers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| :-------------------------------------------- | :-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| How to link my discord account to patreon?    | [Follow this guide](https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-gb/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access)                                                                                                                                                 |
| How do I get premium?                         | [Subscribe here](https://www.patreon.com/checkout/AstroBirb?rid=22855340\&vanity=11440929)                                                                                                                                                          |
| How do I get Whitelabel?                      | [Subscribe here](https://www.patreon.com/checkout/AstroBirb?rid=22733636\&vanity=11440929)                                                                                                                                                          |
| Is premium worth it?                          | It depends. The bot is hardly locked down, so maybe you don't need it at all if you don't use certain feature,<br />but there some big features that are locked down by premium (e.g Infraction Demotions, Forum management and modmail categories) |
| Why do you lock down features behind premium? | Running the website, bot, and other services behind the scenes is expensive. If we are actively losing money, there's no incentive to keep Birb operational.                                                                                        |
| What does Whitelabel do?                      | The whitelabel subscription allows you to have a bot run by us, the benefits of this is that events & tasks ran by Birb will run faster. <br />This means your daily questions or leaves will show up much quicker.                                 |