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###In the beginning, there was 'Be nice'.

###And then, there was 'Be nice'.

###We fell short in our 'Be nice' re-write in the following ways:

###For your feedback, we're presenting our initial draft of a real Code of Conduct.

###We're open to all feedback.

###In closing

In the beginning, there was 'Be nice'.

And then, there was 'Be nice'.

We fell short in our 'Be nice' re-write in the following ways:

For your feedback, we're presenting our initial draft of a real Code of Conduct.

We're open to all feedback.

In closing

And that's all we needed when we started. Stack Overflow began with a large group that were fairly avid readers of Coding Horror and Joel On Software. While many of us sort of knew each other from interacting on both blogs and via mediums like Twitter, what can be said is, through our shared interests, we had much more in common with one another than we had differences. For many of us, Jeff & Joel spoke to the majority of what we valued and were passionate about.

And that's all we needed when we started. Stack Overflow began with a large group that were fairly avid readers of Coding Horror and Joel On Software. While many of us sort of knew each other from interacting on both blogs and via mediums like Twitter, what can be said is, through our shared interests, we had much more in common with one another than we had differences. For many of us, Jeff & Joel spoke to the majority of what we valued and were passionate about.