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That's an incredible number of people they've managed to piss off with that ad! This sounds like a plausible theory: > Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if thi

by hjek 7y ago

That's an incredible number of people they've managed to piss off with that ad! This sounds like a plausible theory: > Honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was an advertising stunt to create a viral situation for additional exposure.[0] [0]: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spammy-black-friday-on-every-admin-page/ https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spammy-black-friday-on-e...

jonny383 7y ago
Seems like a pretty risky move, but the owner has historically been controversial so wouldn't be too surprised. https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-joost-de-valk-seo-industry-leaders-called-out-for-objectifying-women https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-...
- yc_2345 7y ago
  Actually the comments indicate that the "controversy" seems to be imagined by many people. By the way, I don't know anything about Joost, so he may not be innocent. But the article is an excellent example of an inability to distinguish between consensual but obnoxious stuff and clearly non-consensual behavior. Also read the comment by Jenny Halasz, it seems very telling: "I had the audacity to start a thread on twitter where I suggested that perhaps we should ask the women involved if they were being harassed before we leveled accusations at the supposed harasser. For my trouble, I got called a woman hater, an enabler, and plenty of other terrible things (now conveniently deleted by the people who said those awful things: Cohen, Rayner, a handle by the name of callis1987, and Forden)"
  - jonny383 7y ago
    You literally just described the circumstances of a controversy. Did you create this account just to do that?
    - yc_2345 7y ago
      >>Did you create this account just to do that? Yes I did, because I don't have any other account to use on HN. I am not sure what you are implying here.
puranjay 7y ago
I can't see how Yoast needs any more exposure. They're the equivalent of Coca-Cola in the WordPress world - everyone's heard of them, most use them already.

by hjek 7y ago

jonny383 7y ago

Seems like a pretty risky move, but the owner has historically been controversial so wouldn't be too surprised. https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-joost-de-valk-seo-industry-leaders-called-out-for-objectifying-women https://wptavern.com/yoastcon-overshadowed-by-twitter-storm-...

yc_2345 7y ago
Actually the comments indicate that the "controversy" seems to be imagined by many people. By the way, I don't know anything about Joost, so he may not be innocent. But the article is an excellent example of an inability to distinguish between consensual but obnoxious stuff and clearly non-consensual behavior. Also read the comment by Jenny Halasz, it seems very telling: "I had the audacity to start a thread on twitter where I suggested that perhaps we should ask the women involved if they were being harassed before we leveled accusations at the supposed harasser. For my trouble, I got called a woman hater, an enabler, and plenty of other terrible things (now conveniently deleted by the people who said those awful things: Cohen, Rayner, a handle by the name of callis1987, and Forden)"
- jonny383 7y ago
  You literally just described the circumstances of a controversy. Did you create this account just to do that?
  - yc_2345 7y ago
    >>Did you create this account just to do that? Yes I did, because I don't have any other account to use on HN. I am not sure what you are implying here.

puranjay 7y ago

I can't see how Yoast needs any more exposure. They're the equivalent of Coca-Cola in the WordPress world - everyone's heard of them, most use them already.