HSRChat’s Homeschool Discord Server Community Guidelines

Our Rules & Guidelines

Keep All Content “Safe For Work”, Clean, and Kind

The Homeschooler’s Chat is a family-friendly Discord server. No profanity, offensive, or mature content is permitted.

This can include discussions of drinking, drugs, graphic violence, gore, sexual or implied sexual themes. Stick to clean PG-13 content only. Seeking relationships here is not allowed.

No hate, bullying, jokes, or discrimination (e.g., based on race, gender, disability, age, sexuality, nationality, socioeconomic class/status, etc.) of any kind is permitted.

Keep Personal Identifying Information Private

Do not share or request personally identifying information. This may include someone’s location, more specific than region/state equivalent, or full name.

This also extends to content that may put you or others at risk, like media with personal location details or revealing clothing. View Discord’s Safety Center to learn more.

For the safety of all of our members we encourage users not to share this information within the server. Any messages or images that could put anyone at risk will be removed by our staff.

Always Report Concerns To Staff

If you feel unsafe or a user displays concerning behavior, use our report channel to create a ticket and inform staff about the situation.

This includes out-of-server conduct. Avoid arguing with users causing issues. Explaining rules is appreciated, but leave moderating to staff. Learn how to report.

Things to report can range from inappropriate comments, unsolicited direct messages, users attempting to promote outside spaces, or even requests for photos of you or someone else.

No Discussions of Religious or Political Topics

Users are asked to steer clear of controversial topics, including – but not limited to – political and religious content. These topics can be very personal for many individuals and cause friction or distress. For that reason, we always stay away from such topics.

No Scams, Harassment, Or Spamming

E.g., sharing promotions, advertisements, Discord server invites, illegal or pirated content, spam, trolling, scamming, hoisting, using channels incorrectly, impersonating staff, role-playing, posting AI art, or sharing another creator’s content without credit.

HSR Chat considers spam to be any repetitive, redundant, or similar content which has been posted multiple times or excessively within a single message over any duration, caused a disruption, cluttered chat, or been flagged as a disturbance by our staff team.

Spam may look like posting the same or similar message outside of appropriate context over the duration of a week, such as “I love beans”, or sending the same character or character combination within a single message, such as “aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”.

Contribute To Healthy Community Culture

We maintain an inclusive and safe community. Help us keep it that way! Don’t push server rules, or encourage others to do so. Be considerate and respectful. Uphold the spirit of our rules, which are subject to change. Always follow Discord’s Community Guidelines.

Using One Discord Account

Our users must utilize only one Discord account in our Discord server. Using another account (an “alt” account) makes moderation difficult for our staff.

Content Must Be In English

All content within The Homeschooler’s Chat must be in English, the language our staff team has in common. This allows our entire team to moderate easily and without delay.

Ask Before Making Contact Privately

Do not send friend requests or messages to members without asking. Sending unwelcome messages or friend requests can result in a ban. This is for the safety and comfort of our community. We understand that Discord may be a new platform for many, and misunderstandings happen. We judge these instances on a case-by-case basis.

No Inappropriate Conduct Is Permitted

Users may not create a negative environment directly or indirectly through behaviors such as hate speech, harassment, provocation, vague-posting, making advances, boasting, social comparison, venting, arguing with staff, complaining about HSRC or moderation, forming cliques, discussing self-harm, or claiming self-diagnosed medical conditions. No hate, bullying, discrimination, or jokes based on protected characteristics is permitted.

Be Kind And Use Good Judgement

Always use your best judgement in this community. Our users are expected to exercise good conduct and act with the spirit of our rules in mind. This is not an exhaustive list of what is and isn’t acceptable behavior.

19+ Age Adult Policy

Adults in The Homeschooler’s Chat’s Discord server should be our @Alumni or parents joining with or ahead of their student(s).

Our @Alumni are users who joined as minors and have since graduated. Their presence completes our community. Other new adults (19+) joining HSR Chat may be removed at any time.

Existing members who hit 18+ can inform staff once they have graduated to receive the special @Alumni role.

HSR Chat Moderation

Staff moderate case-by-case and will take action as necessary to keep HSRC healthy, positive, and safe. We do not offer a ban appeal system. All moderation actions are final. There is zero tolerance for aggression or hateful conduct of any form within The Homeschooler’s Chat.

The Homeschooler’s Chat is LGBTQ+ Inclusive

We happily welcome LGBTQ+ individuals to our group, and make it our goal to keep our space comfortable and stress-free for all. Any homophobic or transphobic behavior will result in permanent removal from our server. No hateful jokes, narratives, profiles, or off-platform behavior is tolerated.

Non-homeschoolers

Although this is a group mainly for homeschoolers, we know it can still be hard to make friends when attending traditional school. We happily welcome non-homeschoolers who respect and follow our rules and guidelines. Many of our members have fluctuated between traditional school and at-home school since joining our community.