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Because moving an existing site to another platform is non-trivial. Sure I could figure out how to move over my theme, hundreds of posts, my menus, sidebars, hu

by trprog 10y ago

Because moving an existing site to another platform is non-trivial. Sure I could figure out how to move over my theme, hundreds of posts, my menus, sidebars, hundreds of images, and all of my registered users. Or I could just stick with the existing good enough system and go do something else.

hiou 10y ago
Sure, you need to support legacy software that is so junky you have no way to migrate off the platform. You're trapped in the dump. Even more reason to avoid WordPress and not get trapped in your situation.
- vacri 10y ago
  You're complaining about lock-in, yet recommend hosted site-builders?
  - hiou 10y ago
    That is one disadvantage. If you bothered to read the rest of my comments you would see that I said it depends on your use case. If you just need a basic website you are much better off using a site builder than wasting quite possibly 1000s of dollars on support when something breaks. Be honest. So many non profits with limited budgets have wasted so much money that should have been spent on the actual purpose. All because of the lies they have been told by shady agencies who want the sweet sweet support contracts that junk like WordPress requires.
- gm-conspiracy 10y ago
  So many ignorant statements in this comment.
insightful 10y ago
>Because moving an existing site to another platform is non-trivial. It's not just that it's non-trivial, it's that when it comes down to a real analysis, these "clearly better" alternatives aren't clearly better at all. They generally much, much worse. There is a hipsterism in technology just like every other field where people identify themselves by the things they reject. The GP post is such a claim, with over the top bombast making everyone know how much they dislike Wordpress, acting as if there is some unnatural force (e.g. user delusion) keeping it popular. It's popular because it may just be the best option for the purpose it serves. And I don't develop Wordpress themes or plugins, and of course curse it occasionally. I leverage it as a tool.

by trprog 10y ago

hiou 10y ago

Sure, you need to support legacy software that is so junky you have no way to migrate off the platform. You're trapped in the dump. Even more reason to avoid WordPress and not get trapped in your situation.

vacri 10y ago
You're complaining about lock-in, yet recommend hosted site-builders?
- hiou 10y ago
  That is one disadvantage. If you bothered to read the rest of my comments you would see that I said it depends on your use case. If you just need a basic website you are much better off using a site builder than wasting quite possibly 1000s of dollars on support when something breaks. Be honest. So many non profits with limited budgets have wasted so much money that should have been spent on the actual purpose. All because of the lies they have been told by shady agencies who want the sweet sweet support contracts that junk like WordPress requires.
gm-conspiracy 10y ago
So many ignorant statements in this comment.

insightful 10y ago

>Because moving an existing site to another platform is non-trivial. It's not just that it's non-trivial, it's that when it comes down to a real analysis, these "clearly better" alternatives aren't clearly better at all. They generally much, much worse. There is a hipsterism in technology just like every other field where people identify themselves by the things they reject. The GP post is such a claim, with over the top bombast making everyone know how much they dislike Wordpress, acting as if there is some unnatural force (e.g. user delusion) keeping it popular. It's popular because it may just be the best option for the purpose it serves. And I don't develop Wordpress themes or plugins, and of course curse it occasionally. I leverage it as a tool.