What is Discord?
The Discord Server is free audio, video, and text chat service used by tens of millions of individuals aged 13 and above to communicate and socialize with their friends and groups.
Users use Discord on a regular basis as well as to discuss everything from art projects to family vacations to homework and mental health support.
Moreover, it can house communities of any size, but it’s most popular among small, active groups of people who communicate regularly.
How to add rules to your discord server?
- Firstly, you must first enable the community function on your Discord server before adding rules.
- Secondly, you’ll be able to set up server rules after you’ve activated the community function.
- Thirdly, when you’ve validated your email address and meet the media content filter criterion, the community function is available for your server.
- However, this feature gives you the server administrative tools.
- Finally, you can add server rules using the membership screening tool.
So here is the step-by-step process to add rules to your Discord server:
1. Enable Community
2. Set up server rules
3. Enable your changes
#1 Enable Community
- To begin with, go to your desktop and log into your Discord account.
- After that, go to your Discord server.
- Then, click on the name of your Discord server.
- Once you open the server, a navigation drawer will open.
- You will see various options such as Invite People, Server Settings, Create Channel, and more.
- So, there you need to click on Server Settings, which is present in the third option.
- A page will open, so on your left and side, you will be able to see an option as Enable Community under Community.
- Then you need to click on the “Enable Community” option.
- To get started with setting up the community function on your server, click “Get Started.”
- Proceed Further to the next step.
- Also, to enable the community feature, you have to verify your email.
- So, open your mailbox and click on “Verify Email”.
- After verifying your email, select Create a rules channel for me if you don’t already have one, and then click Next.
- This is the final step in setting up your community server.
- Additionally, three checkboxes will appear in this stage.
- This contains “Remove moderating rights from @everyone,” “Default notifications to Mentions Only,” and “I agree and understand.”
- However, you must check all of the options to complete the setup.
- Finally, click on the “Finish Setup” option.
#2 Set up server rules
- After enabling the community feature, click on the membership screening, which is on the left sidebar, and click on it to open it.
- Therefore, the Membership Screening tool will appear.
- Now, click on Set up Membership Screening.
- Hence You’ll see the “Server Rules” option after clicking “Set up Membership Screening.”
- In the same way, click on the Get Started option.
- Again, the Server Rules page will open.
- On the page type out the rules that you want to add.
- However, you can add as many as rules you want.
- Finally, click on the Save button.
#3 Enable your changes
- Firstly, add a description of your server to the Membership Screening section.
- Secondly, you can read them before they are published by clicking on the Preview button.
- Thirdly, to publish them, click the Enable button.
- Finally, click Ok.
Good Discord Server Rules
- Controversial topics such as religion or politics are not allowed.
- No inappropriate or unsafe content.
- Remain civil and considerate towards other users.
- Do not discuss, request, conduct, or advertise real money trades.
- Discord names and avatars must be appropriate.
- No hate speech or trolling.
- Be respectful and welcoming as toxicity is disallowed.
- If there is a large group of members silently listening to music, please kindly mute yourself or move to an alternative channel.
- Use the appropriate channels.
- No major spoilers from any anime, movie, TV show, or games on public channels.
- Please refrain from back-seat moderating.
- Harassment and bullying are not permitted.
- Spoilers must use spoiler tags and be labeled.
- Discriminatory language and hate speech are forbidden.
- Do not send any malicious or harmful links or files, or anything that jeopardizes the security of others.
- The primary language of this server is English.
- Do not DDoS or threaten to DDoS other users.
- Remain on topic and use channels correctly.
- Community members are free to express themselves openly and give constructive criticism and feedback.
- Do not discuss hacking or cheating.
- No advertising on Discord servers, other programs, websites, or services.
- Using voice changers and soundboards is disallowed.
- Leaking into the personal information of others is prohibited.
- Do not mass message by pinging more than four people at once, or randomly ping members.
- Only communicate in English.
- Do not use the server as a dating server.
- Do not send medically triggering, strobe-effect, or severely flashing media.
- Avoid topics regarding banned members.
- All content and messages on this server are to be in English, with the exception of common words or phrases.
- Trading, selling, begging, boosting and account sharing are not allowed.
- Do not link to scam websites.
- Do not play music or other audio through your microphone.
- Only stream PG content.
- Don’t be toxic or mean, including bashing people’s posts unprovoked.
- Do not converse about adult or non-PG topics.
- Any sort of discrimination will not be tolerated.
- Do not attempt to bypass any blocked words.
- You are not allowed to sell anything here.
- Do not flood chat by having messages that exceed 7 lines on a computer screen.
- Do not share personal information.
- Illegally distributing unlicensed material is prohibited.
- Any harmful material will result in a permanent ban.
- Using Discord Stickers excessively is to be avoided.
- We promote diversity and inclusivity and expect your interactions on this channel to be respectful and guided by these principles.
- No Discord server invite links or codes.
- You need to be at least 13 years old to use Discord.
- Do not spam messages or emotes.
- Follow all staff instructions immediately and at all times.
- Do not loop or queue the same song with music bots.
- Do not impersonate others, including public figures.
- XP-Grinding is prohibited.
- Do not misuse or spam any of the channels.
- Forming of raids, targeting us or another server, will lead to a permanent ban.
- Do not send Discord server invites on the server or in DMs.
- Don’t ping without legitimate reasoning behind them.
- Please be reasonable with the promotion of content.
- Please do not contact server members unsolicited.
- Do not request, post, or disclose piracy information, links, or intent.
- If you’re sharing a link, please include a description (unless the nature of the link is obvious).
- Do not send copypastas.
- Inappropriate profile images, usernames, statuses, profanity-containing usernames, and blank names are not permitted.
- Listen to the server’s staff.
- Please do not make your nickname “everyone”.
- Coordinating or participating in a server raid is forbidden.
- Do not role-play within the server.
- On a rule, Encouraging rule-breaking is an offense.
- Regardless of age, strive to treat each other as we would like to be treated ourselves.
- Anything to target specific groups/individuals is prohibited.
- Be respectful, civil, and welcoming.
- Do not post any links or files that crash Discord.
- We encourage free expression for all and embrace our differences, opinions, and diverse backgrounds. Therefore, debates are welcome as long as they are based on these ideas.
- Community members should strive for a certain level of quality in their messages.
- Do not record voice channel conversations.
- Do not join the server to promote your content.
- Spamming in any form is not allowed.
- Do not send more than 2 flashes or strobe-effect emotes at any one time.
- Any form of harassment, such as blackmailing, doxing, and inappropriate DMs, results in an immediate and permanent ban.
- Do not copy or claim other people’s art.
- Do not harass, or join in on the harassment of, another user.
- The most important rule of all is to have fun!
- Do not advertise without permission.
- Please follow the Discord terms of service.
- Be civil, and do not treat messaging channels like a stream of chat.
- Do not impersonate developers, moderators, or other users.
- Please do not mic spam.
- Any content that is NSFW is not allowed under any circumstances.
- These rules may vary at any time. Moderators reserve the right to warn and ban users discretionally.
- Engaging in message chains is prohibited.
- Do not ping staff members for no reason.
- Do not bully or harass another member in any way, shape, or form.
- Creating sub servers with the intent of moving our members with the goal of self-benefit is not allowed.
- Do not send online meeting links.
- Be kind and respectful to others.
- Be cautious when introducing conversations regarding controversial or sensitive topics.
- Do not engage in hate speech of any kind.
- Do not threaten anyone.
- Streaming movies or other copyrighted content is illegal.
- Spoilers should be labeled appropriately using Discord’s built-in formatting, sufficiently disclosing what topic is being covered.
Conclusion
To sum up, I have explained how to add rules to your server in a three-way process and explained the Good Discord Server Rules. Moreover, these rules will tell your server’s members what they can and cannot do. You’ll be able to see their updates on your newsfeed once they accept your friend request. So, if you like this blog, share it with your friends. Follow PublishSquare to get more updates on blogs like this.
