# The Universal Rules of Civilized Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/221824
**Category:** Blog
**Created:** [10.Март.2013 06:00:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/221824 "2013-03-10T06:00:00Z")
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### Author: ![frandallfarmer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/frandallfarmer/32/102170_2.png) [@frandallfarmer](https://meta.discourse.org/u/frandallfarmer)
#### Post date: [10.Март.2013 06:00:00 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/221824/1 "2013-03-10T06:00:00Z")

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With Discourse, it was clear that we needed to totally reboot the software to create next-generation forum software. But code is only part of the story. Any reasonable attempt at delivering a Civilized Discourse Construction Kit has to provide **a safe, simple default set of guidelines for civilized discourse**.

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://blog.discourse.org/2013/03/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/](https://blog.discourse.org/2013/03/the-universal-rules-of-civilized-discourse/)