# The Importance of Meta on Forums

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-importance-of-meta-on-forums/221937
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [22 maart 2013 om 03:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-importance-of-meta-on-forums/221937 "2013-03-22T03:00:00Z")
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### Author: ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [22 maart 2013 om 03:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-importance-of-meta-on-forums/221937/1 "2013-03-22T03:00:00Z")

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If I learned anything at Stack Overflow, it is [the importance of meta to any healthy community](http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/02/listen-to-your-community-but-dont-let-them-tell-you-what-to-do.html).

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2013/03/the-importance-of-meta-on-forums/](https://blog.discourse.org/2013/03/the-importance-of-meta-on-forums/)