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How's everyone feeling about Matt Mullenweg/Wordpress right now?

I’ve never seen someone destroy their reputation so fast. Clearly there’s a conflict of interest here.

Losing situation for all sides if not fixed immediately – WordPress.org and WP Engine both lose users, and creators lose trust as their operations are needlessly hamstrung by the censorship of services ☹️

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Looks like Matt went on a livestream to explain his position – assuming what he said is true, he’s been trying to resolve this trademark dispute for a while. Still, not sure if blocking access to WordPress.org’s CDN was an appropriate response.

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It's baffling to watch. There must be more to it. I just don't understand why someone would die on this particular hill. 

Go back and read what he wrote in the post where he called WP Engine a cancer. 

https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/

How I interpret all of this just comes down to principles. What WP Engine is doing with Wordpress is not aligned with Matt's principles – they turn off a feature (revisions) that Matt says makes Wordpress Wordpress. The software is Open Source with a GPLv2 license. Matt built a platform that others could build businesses on top of in many different ways and he doesn't like what WP Engine's business. From an outsider's perspective, it looks like Matt is being childish. Worse, because of his actions, customers are caught in the middle. Maybe I don't understand, but it kinda sours me on Matt and Wordpress.

Looks like Matt went on a livestream to explain his position – assuming what he said is true, he’s been trying to resolve this trademark dispute for a while. Still, not sure if blocking access to WordPress.org’s CDN was an appropriate response.

https://youtu.be/H6F0PgMcKWM

I like him because he saved Tumblr, I can't believe he started drama, there's plenty of monetization mechanics to choose from here on the decentralized social, they could experiment instead of complaining...

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it looks like many ppl are taking issue with the new foundation trying to equate social web with only activitypub ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ i think ap is interesting but i agree with a lot of the points made in these blogs about inclusivity and decentralization on the web

"ActivityPub partisans want the protocol and social media timelines to eat the web."

i think that if this is the goal of ap, it's kind of backwards (⌒_⌒;) 

https://deadsuperhero.com/2024/09/swf-icky-feeling/
https://bix.blog/posts/holy-hell-the-social-web-did-not-begin-in-2008

i don't really follow wp stuff very closely so i only have a vague idea of what's going on. it's kind of weird how the situation mirrors in a lot of ways what's going on in the social web foundation blowback happening at the same time with evan prodromou/activitypub re: open source and decentralization

i don't really follow wp stuff very closely so i only have a vague idea of what's going on. it's kind of weird how the situation mirrors in a lot of ways what's going on in the social web foundation blowback happening at the same time with evan prodromou/activitypub re: open source and decentralization

https://warpcast.com/riotgoools/0xabe97e8d

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Me too. Found this side https://ma.tt/2024/09/wordpress-engine/