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Matt Mullenweg, WordPress, And The Net
WordPress is more of a backbone of the net than Twitter/X if you think about it. And, like Twitter/X, it’s owned by one person. Matt Mullenweg. But unlike Twitter/X, 43% of the websites on the Web run on WordPress. That’s close to half! This used to be a point of pride for me. I’m all…
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Matt Mullenweg & Free Speech
Matt Mullenweg recently posted on his blog that his freedom of speech has been hindered by a court injunction in the lawsuit brought by WP Engine against him et. al. Ummmm, I don’t think that the court telling you to STFU is a First Amendment issue. As I recall, after all I was a professional…
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WordPress Is Matt Mullenweg’s Per Court Document
H/t to Jeff Chandler finding this disturbing document. How the ever-living-f*ck did we get here. WordPress is almost 21 years old. And one man controls all of it. This is so fucked up. Something, I’m not sure what, needs to happen. One man controls software that powers 43%+ of the f*cking internet websites. Geezus. Thoughts?
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Has Matt Mullenweg & Automattic Lost Their Ever-Loving Mind?
I just found out that another contributor to the WordPress open source project has been kicked off of the WordPress.org repo and site. This has been a regular occurrence since the whole WordPress/WPE fiasco started. It’s almost like a badge of honor to be banned now. The problem is that many of these people being…
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On WordPress
I haven’t found a better platform for my stuff than WordPress. Do I want Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine to come to some agreement and get this behind us. Absolutely. But I don’t think switching platforms because of Matt’s behavior makes any sense. And yes that’s just my opinion. Maybe stop contributing to the project…
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WordPress Accessibility Day Tomorrow For 24 Hours!
Tomorrow is WordPress Accessibility Day 2024. It’s a 24 hour, yes 24 hour, online conference all about accessibility on the Web and in WordPress. It kicks off at 14:45 UTC, or for us East Coasters is 10:45am, and runs for 24 hours into Thursday! I plan on catch as much of it as I can.…
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Popcorn Anyone? Mullenweg Threatens Corporate Takeover Of WPE!
Ummmm, yea. So this is a thing now. “That deal’s not on the table anymore. We’re seeking more, not 8%,” Mullenweg said. “I don’t want to speculate on what the deal might be… In July it was less than 8%, it was smaller. In September it was 8%. The deal they have to do next…
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On Forking WordPress
It’s been floated with the recent outburst between Matt Mullenweg and WP Engine, that the community should fork (aka move the OSS) WordPress to a new project, with out the drama (or so it’s thought). I’m not sure how I feel about this. It’s not going to be a small feat. When WordPress was forked…
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On Matt Mullenweg And The Q&A At Wordcamp US 2024
Updated (at bottom) 9/25/2024 This is going to be a post that will grow and be added to as my thoughts come together around what happened at the Q&A with Matt Mullenweg, the co-founder of the WordPress project and CEO of Automattic. I can say one thing for certain it was uncomfortable to watch and…
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WordCamp 2024 – Portland Oregon
This is going to be an ongoing post, or so I hope, about what I caught during the 3 day WCUS event.
