# Chat rules/guidelines and moderation

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-rules-guidelines-and-moderation/282930>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![lindsey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lindsey/32/318210_2.png) [@lindsey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/lindsey)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chat-rules-guidelines-and-moderation/282930/3 "2023-10-23T15:31:59Z")

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Hey Mia 👋 Thanks for reaching out!

I’m seeing two separate, but related, parts of this request:

- How do I share my community’s chat guidelines with users, especially before they start using chat?

- How do I monitor / enforce those guidelines?

It sounds like you’d like to focus on the first point to begin — to start, can you tell me a little bit about where your guidelines live today? I’m assuming they live in a topic somewhere but please let me know if I’ve got that wrong.

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