Adding rules to your Discord server is important because of a couple of reasons.
Firstly, it helps to define the culture of your server.
For example, if one of your rules is “no hate speech”, it creates a safe environment for users to chat in.
Secondly, it sets boundaries for your server.
Setting boundaries for your server will establish the guidelines on how users should treat each other.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to add rules to your Discord server.
Additionally, you don’t need to add any bots or install any plugins.
How to add rules to your Discord server
To add rules to your Discord server, you need to enable the community feature first.
After you’ve enabled the community feature, you’ll be able to set up server rules.
The community feature is available for your server if you’ve verified your email address and meets the media content filter requirement.
The feature adds administrative tools to your server.
This includes a welcome screen, server insights, membership screening, and more.
With the membership screening tool, you’ll be able to add server rules.
Whenever someone joins your server, they’ll need to agree to the rules before they can become a member.
Here’s how to add rules to your Discord server:
1. Enable community
The first step is to enable the community feature for your server.
To begin with, open Discord on your desktop and log in to your account.
Then, navigate to your Discord server.
Next, click on your Discord server’s name.
After you’ve clicked on your Discord server’s name, a navigation drawer will open.
On the navigation drawer, you’ll see multiple options.
This includes “Server Boost”, “Invite People”, “Server Settings”, and others.
Click on “Server Settings” to go to your server settings.
After you’ve clicked on “Server Settings”, you’ll land on the “Server Overview” page.
On the left sidebar, you’ll see multiple options.
This includes “Overview”, “Roles”, “Emoji”, and more.
Under the “Community” header, click on “Enable Community”.
The community feature adds administrative tools to your server such as setting up server rules.
Click on “Get Started” to begin setting up the community feature for your server.
After you’ve clicked on “Get Started”, you’ll need to set up your community server.
The first step to set up your community server is safety checks.
To enable the community feature, you need to have a verified email.
In addition, your server needs to meet the media content filter requirement.
If you haven’t verified your email, you need to do so by navigating to your account settings and clicking on “Verify”.
Then, check your inbox and verify your email by clicking on “Verify Email”.
If you’ve already verified your email and your server meets the media content filter requirement, click on “Next” to proceed to the next step.
The second step is to set up the basics.
As a community server, you need to have a rules/guidelines channel and a community updates channel.
If you don’t have both of these channels, select the “Create one for me” option.
The “Create one for me” option should be selected by default.
However, if you already have those channels, select them by clicking on the dropdown box.
Then, click on “Next” to proceed to the last step.
After you’ve clicked on “Next”, you’ll land on the “Finishing touches” step.
This is the last step that is needed to set up your community server.
In this step, you’ll see 3 checkboxes.
This includes “Default notifications to Mentions Only”, “Remove moderation permissions from @everyone”, and “I agree and understand”.
To finish the setup, you need to check all of the checkboxes.
This is to create a better experience for your members.
Lastly, click on “Finish Setup” to finish the setup.
2. Set up server rules
Now that you’ve enabled the community feature, you’ll be able to add server rules.
Firstly, click on the “Membership Screening” option on the left sidebar.
This will open the Membership Screening tool.
The Membership Screening tool allows you to add server rules that new members must agree to before they can join your server.
To set up Membership Screening, click on “Set up Membership Screening”.
After you’ve clicked on “Set up Membership Screening”, you’ll see the “Server Rules” option.
The option allows you to create server rules and ask pending members to agree to them before they can chat.
Click on “Get Started” to add server rules.
After you’ve clicked on “Get Started”, the “Server Rules” page will open.
On the page, type out the rules that you want to add to your Discord server.
Click on “Add a rule” to add another rule.
Alternatively, you can click on the example rules to use them.
Once you’re done with adding the rules, click on “Save” to save them.
3. Enable your changes
After you’ve clicked on “Save”, your rules will be saved.
However, they are not enabled yet.
To enable them, you must first add a description of your server.
If you don’t add a description of your server, you won’t be able to enable your changes.
Under the “Description” field, describe what your server is about.
New members will be able to see this when they join your server.
After you’ve added a description of your server, you’ll now be able to enable your changes.
To enable your changes, click on “Enable”.
You’ve successfully added rules to your Discord server!
Conclusion
After you’ve added rules to your Discord server, new members will have to accept them before they can chat.
As mentioned in the introduction of this article, adding rules is important as it defines the culture of your server.
It also lets your members know what they can and cannot do on your server.
In addition, if they happen to break a rule, you have the right to kick or ban them.
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