# How does the Discourse project work?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059
**Category:** Site feedback
**Created:** [19 Agosto 2014, 6:51pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059 "2014-08-19T18:51:07Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@dontdieych](https://meta.discourse.org/u/dontdieych)
#### Post date: [22 Settembre 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/63 "2014-09-22T07:28:09Z")
> [@downey](#):
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> I don’t think there are any Discourse contributors demanding a complete roadmap or plan. Rather, what I do see is many of them asking to not be left out of the conversations.
Let’s say @codinghorror made Discourse alone. Then publish, got big hit, got contributors. Among contributors, few people became more significant and @codinghorror is starting to only talking with them in private.
If we are in this situation, I agree with you. I’ll also ask to not to be left out of the conversation. But they are already one team at first. They made this Discourse as one team. I suggest you see them as logically one person. So just let them make something and show us here. Then complain then make again then …
I think this is how Discourse project working, and I’m good with that. Working, real world data injected prototype is here at every change. You can talk with dev team very easily. I’m good. I don’t want to take their time by asking their conversation.
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [22 Settembre 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/64 "2014-09-22T08:16:21Z")
Closing this for now, its had enough discussion and its eating up precious dev time. See @mcwumbly answer for a canonical answer on the OP
> [@How does the Discourse project work?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/60):
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> Allow me to briefly summarize, since I re-ignited this discussion 4 days ago: Many decisions are made within the team, based on observations and feedback across 100+ instances and their meta categories. Priorities are set according to the principles outlined in Jeff’s post above about [complaint driven development](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/4). Many of these decisions may be made here on meta out in the open. If Jeff needs to make a decision when consensus cannot be reached in a timely manner, he does so. Small cha…
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### Author:  [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)
#### Post date: [22 Settembre 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-does-the-discourse-project-work/19059/65 "2014-09-22T08:16:23Z")
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