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- I'm just glad to have my last projects off of Wordpress to get to no longer care about drama at Automattic that seems to never end.
- Discussion on the ouster: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49636283by minimaxir
- Most surprising in this article is the vibrant HDR magenta circle on Matt’s Twitter.by ttul
- Just when we (the WP community) thought things were settling down and cooler heads might be prevailing... this happens. Uhg, not great for someone who has invested over 15 years into building with WP and does (paid) business with an Automattic company.
- This must be exhausting for the Automattic staff who just want to get on with their jobs.by JonAtkinson
- > Mullenweg responded to our inquiry, saying a blog post is forthcoming. When it dropped, it was about him buying a houseboat.by ebilgenius
- Has very little to do with the current brou-ha-ha, but I just realised its “Automattic” because his name is “Matt”. It’s like a veil over the world has been lifted.by autophagian
- > WordPress founder and a key advocate for the open source community
This should probably say self appointed advocate. He really hasn't advocated for much beyond collecting payments to Automattic.
by legitster