# Chat rules/guidelines and moderation **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Tags:** chat\ **Created:** [October 20, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-rules-guidelines-and-moderation/282930 "2023-10-20T19:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![xomiamoore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/xomiamoore/32/284056_2.png) [@xomiamoore](https://meta.discourse.org/u/xomiamoore)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-rules-guidelines-and-moderation/282930/1 "2023-10-20T19:20:12Z")
I would love to be able to link to our own rules/guidelines around using Discourse Chat when someone first uses the feature. In our case, we really encourage folks to use Topics for technical questions so there’s more searchability in the future and more likelihood for your question to be answered. But right now, there’s no way to see our guidelines before posting in the chat. In addition, some of our employees are getting spammed with DMs for questions. This is also against our chat guidelines, but as admin, I can’t see this happening unless that employee reports it to me (either personally or by flagging the message). This is another case where sharing the guidelines before using Chat would be handy. I don’t want to restrict Chat further than I already have, but would love some more moderation options. Thank you! --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-rules-guidelines-and-moderation/282930)._