diff --git a/netlify/functions/discordIdentity.mts b/netlify/functions/discordIdentity.mts
index d98392a..c3d73b5 100644
--- a/netlify/functions/discordIdentity.mts
+++ b/netlify/functions/discordIdentity.mts
@@ -5,14 +5,27 @@ const handler = async (request: Request, context: Context) => {
   // header is present on an incoming request. So, hack
   const Authorization = request.headers.get("x-auth")!;
   try {
-    const res = await fetch("https://discord.com/api/users/@me", {
-      headers: { Authorization },
-    });
-    // Why the heck can't I just return the result of `fetch()`
-    // Produced weird content decode errors but everything seemed fine
-    return new Response(await res.text(), {
-      headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
-    });
+    const [userRes, guildsRes] = await Promise.all([
+      fetch("https://discord.com/api/users/@me", {
+        headers: { Authorization },
+      }),
+      fetch("https://discord.com/api/users/@me/guilds", {
+        headers: { Authorization },
+      }),
+    ]);
+    const [user, guilds] = await Promise.all([
+      userRes.json(),
+      guildsRes.json(),
+    ]);
+    return new Response(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        user,
+        isMember: guilds.some((g) => g.id === "102860784329052160"),
+      }),
+      {
+        headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
+      },
+    );
   } catch (e) {
     console.error("[DIS_ID]", e);
     return new Response(JSON.stringify(e), { status: 400 });
diff --git a/src/components/DiscordAuth.tsx b/src/components/DiscordAuth.tsx
index 7aaba87..d305d80 100644
--- a/src/components/DiscordAuth.tsx
+++ b/src/components/DiscordAuth.tsx
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ interface StoredTokenError {
   message: string;
   raw: Error;
 }
-interface DiscordUser {
-  email: string;
-  verified: boolean;
+interface DiscordIdentity {
+  isMember: boolean;
+  user: {
+    email: string;
+    verified: boolean;
+  };
 }
 
 const retrieveStoredToken = (): StoredToken | StoredTokenError | undefined => {
@@ -26,70 +29,102 @@ const retrieveStoredToken = (): StoredToken | StoredTokenError | undefined => {
   return undefined;
 };
 
-type State = "uninit" | "needsAuth" | "needsVerify" | "ok";
+type State =
+  | "uninit"
+  | "needsAuth"
+  | "needsVerify"
+  | "notMember"
+  | "ok"
+  | "err";
+
+const checkAuth = async (
+  stored?: StoredToken | StoredTokenError,
+): Promise<State> => {
+  if (!stored || stored.state !== "ok") return "needsAuth";
+  const res = await fetch("/.netlify/functions/discordIdentity", {
+    headers: { "x-auth": stored.token },
+  });
+  const loadedUser = (await res.json()) as DiscordIdentity;
+  if (!loadedUser.user.email || !loadedUser.user.verified) {
+    return "needsVerify";
+  }
+  if (!loadedUser.isMember) {
+    return "notMember";
+  }
+  return "ok";
+};
 
 export const DiscordAuth = ({ children }: Props) => {
   const [state, setState] = React.useState<State>("uninit");
-  const [stored, setStored] = React.useState<StoredToken | StoredTokenError>();
 
   React.useEffect(() => {
     const storedToken = retrieveStoredToken();
     if (storedToken) {
-      setStored(storedToken);
+      checkAuth(storedToken).then(setState);
       return;
     }
 
-    const onEvent = (e: StorageEvent) => {
+    const onEvent = async (e: StorageEvent) => {
       if (e.key !== "doa") return;
-      setStored(retrieveStoredToken());
+      setState(await checkAuth(retrieveStoredToken()));
     };
     window.addEventListener("storage", onEvent);
     setState("needsAuth");
     return () => window.removeEventListener("storage", onEvent);
   }, []);
 
-  React.useEffect(() => {
-    if (!stored || stored.state !== "ok") return;
-    (async () => {
-      console.log("fetching");
-      const res = await fetch("/.netlify/functions/discordIdentity", {
-        headers: { "x-auth": stored.token },
-      });
-      const loadedUser = (await res.json()) as DiscordUser;
-      if (!loadedUser.email || !loadedUser.verified) {
-        setState("needsVerify");
-      } else {
-        setState("ok");
-      }
-    })();
-  }, [stored]);
-
-  switch (state) {
-    case "ok":
-      return children;
-    case "uninit":
-      return "checking auth…";
-    case "needsVerify":
-      return (
-        <>
-          This Discord account does not have a verified email associated with
-          it. Please{" "}
-          <a href="https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/213219267-Resending-Verification-Email">
-            verify your email
-          </a>{" "}
-          and try again.
-        </>
-      );
-    case "needsAuth":
-    default:
-      return (
-        <div>
-          <Button
-            onClick={() => window.open("/.netlify/functions/discordAuth")}
-          >
-            Auth
-          </Button>
-        </div>
-      );
-  }
+  return (
+    <>
+      {(() => {
+        switch (state) {
+          case "ok":
+            return children;
+          case "uninit":
+            return "checking auth…";
+          case "notMember":
+            return (
+              <div>
+                You’re not a member of Reactiflux!{" "}
+                <a href="https://discord.gg/reactiflux">Join us</a> if you like
+                💁
+              </div>
+            );
+          case "needsVerify":
+            return (
+              <div>
+                You don’t have a verified email associated with it. Please{" "}
+                <a href="https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/213219267-Resending-Verification-Email">
+                  verify your email
+                </a>{" "}
+                and try again.
+              </div>
+            );
+          case "needsAuth":
+          default:
+            return (
+              <div>
+                <p>
+                  Hi! This is a community job board for members of Reactiflux,
+                  the largest chat community of professional React developers.
+                </p>
+                <p>
+                  Since we’re a Discord community, we require that you sign in
+                  so we can verify that you’re a member of the community.
+                </p>
+                <Button
+                  onClick={() => window.open("/.netlify/functions/discordAuth")}
+                >
+                  Sign in with Discord
+                </Button>
+                <p>
+                  We’ll ask for permission to read your email and guild list, we
+                  need those to confirm you have a verified email associated
+                  with the account and that you’re a member of Reactiflux.
+                </p>
+              </div>
+            );
+        }
+      })()}
+    </>
+  );
 };
diff --git a/src/pages/auth/discordcb.tsx b/src/pages/auth/discordcb.tsx
index f7a5489..15b419e 100644
--- a/src/pages/auth/discordcb.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/auth/discordcb.tsx
@@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ const DiscordCB = () => {
       },
     })
       .then(async (res) => {
-        const user = await res.json();
-        if (!user.email || !user.verified) {
+        const identity = await res.json();
+        if (!identity.user.email || !identity.user.verified) {
           localStorage.setItem(
             "doa",
             JSON.stringify({
-              state: "err",
+              state: "needsVerify",
               message: "This account does not have a verified email address",
             }),
           );