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why is it a wordpress site?

• dwaxe 10y ago
  hey, whatever works
• drift 10y ago
  It's powered by https://vip.wordpress.com https://vip.wordpress.com
  • ninenexus 10y ago
    ^^ This is correct.
• deleted 10y ago
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• akgerber 10y ago
  early 00's php standard-bearers gotta stick together
  • bdcravens 10y ago
    Wouldn't call it a standards bearer then - it really picked up momentum around 2010. Many shops that use Ruby, or whatever the cool kids are using, in their core products, deploy their public-facing site using Wordpress.
• bdcravens 10y ago
  Why not? The Facebook platform doesn't have a blogging component, so they have to use a CMS, or a custom written solution, or just public static HTML. Perhaps you should jump to the actual value statement you're making ("Real tech companies shouldn't use X (Wordpress)" or "Real tech companies should use Y")
  • WorldMaker 10y ago
    Not that Facebook hasn't tried to have a blogging component before...
  • cmelbye 10y ago
    Yes it does, Mark has used it for public letters in the past: https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-letter-to-our-daughter/10153375081581634/ https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/a-letter-to-o... But this is more of an investor relations thing, so that might've had something to do with it.
• erikpukinskis 10y ago
  That's like asking someone why they drive a Toyota Corolla.
  • prodigal_erik 10y ago
    If Elon Musk drove a Fiat that leaked flaming oil, everybody would ask why.