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The reality became pretty clear: even \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmeta.stackexchange.com\u002Fquestions\u002F240839\u002Fthe-new-new-be-nice-policy-code-of-conduct-updated-with-your-feedback\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our expanded ‘Be nice’ policy\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> simply was not specific enough to meet the needs of a much larger dynamic that our sites had grown to be. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What became clear is that we needed to be way more specific about what we meant when we were asking people to be nice, how we hoped folks would react when they encountered behavior that wasn’t great, and some examples that would allow people to better embrace the \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intent \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of what the document was hoping to accomplish. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Ch2>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.. 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Our \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.blog\u002F2018\u002F07\u002F10\u002Fwelcome-wagon-classifying-comments-on-stack-overflow\u002F\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">research indicates\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the most problematic places on our sites tend to be free-form comments, so we’re working diligently on coming up with a way that lets users express feedback through the system; this not only ensures that users see compassionate, actionable guidance, but also helps remove the perception that there are people taking pleasure in picking at their work. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We’re also \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmeta.stackoverflow.com\u002Fquestions\u002F369682\u002Fask-a-question-wizard-prototype\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">working on new features\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help new users ask questions that are much more in line with what our active community needs in order to provide fast and accurate answers. With Stack Overflow soon turning 10, a UX audit and overhaul to help ensure users discover the right information and tools at the right time is long overdue. Our efforts in this department are perennial; there will always be room for improvements. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our CoC is what we call a living document. It’s \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ci>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">designed \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fi>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to change over time to ensure that it remains relevant by continuing to meet the needs of our communities. Every six months or so, we plan to find out how folks feel about how things are going by asking both new and experienced users about their recent experiences on the site. There’s also a \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmeta.stackexchange.com\u002Fquestions\u002Ftagged\u002Fcode-of-conduct\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">code of conduct tag\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> folks can use on \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmeta.stackexchange.com\">\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meta Stack Exchange\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ask questions about, or propose changes to the CoC. \u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, we’d like to thank everyone that patiently worked with us in order to come up with a code of conduct that we think will make folks feel safe about contributing, but not so formal that it feels like oppressive, humid air. \u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cb>If it were not for our most engaged users working in tandem with many people that we only started reaching once they heard that we were working on this, we wouldn’t have anything close to what we accomplished together.\u003C\u002Fb>\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> We’re sincerely lucky to have all of you.\u003C\u002Fspan>\n\n\u003Cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, be nice to one another— all of you deserve nothing less than that. \u003C\u002Fspan>","html","2018-08-07T17:00:51.000Z",{"current":336},"get-to-know-our-new-code-of-conduct",[338,346,351,356,361],{"_createdAt":339,"_id":340,"_rev":341,"_type":342,"_updatedAt":339,"slug":343,"title":345},"2023-05-23T16:43:21Z","wp-tagcat-announcements","9HpbCsT2tq0xwozQfkc4ih","blogTag",{"current":344},"announcements","Announcements",{"_createdAt":339,"_id":347,"_rev":341,"_type":342,"_updatedAt":339,"slug":348,"title":350},"wp-tagcat-community",{"current":349},"community","Community",{"_createdAt":339,"_id":352,"_rev":341,"_type":342,"_updatedAt":339,"slug":353,"title":355},"wp-tagcat-company",{"current":354},"company","Company",{"_createdAt":339,"_id":357,"_rev":341,"_type":342,"_updatedAt":339,"slug":358,"title":360},"wp-tagcat-stackexchange",{"current":359},"stackexchange","Stackexchange",{"_createdAt":339,"_id":362,"_rev":341,"_type":342,"_updatedAt":339,"slug":363,"title":365},"wp-tagcat-stackoverflow",{"current":364},"stackoverflow","Stackoverflow","Get to Know Our New Code of Conduct",[368,374,380,386],{"_id":369,"publishedAt":370,"slug":371,"sponsored":12,"title":373},"76c9771b-34e6-4d98-8641-ecefc711f0ef","2026-07-06T15:23:34.559Z",{"_type":10,"current":372},"when-the-sensor-starts-thinking-snortml-agentic-ai-and-the-evolving-architecture-of-intrusion-detection","When the sensor starts thinking: SnortML, agentic AI, and the evolving architecture of intrusion detection",{"_id":375,"publishedAt":376,"slug":377,"sponsored":12,"title":379},"28e560af-f0aa-4d46-bd90-f435ad604aa7","2026-06-26T14:00:27.102Z",{"_type":10,"current":378},"paging-charity-how-can-engineering-leaders-avoid-becoming-bond-villains","Paging Charity! 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