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Relax, it's marketing. It isn't "Shady" to take aim at competitors (or other solutions) when trying to get attention.

by goatherders 6y ago

zippergz 6y ago
"Relax" is right up there with "no offense, but" as a way to start a message to someone.
- goatherders 6y ago
  I didn't use "but" and I don't care if it's offensive. The WP community clutches its pearls anytime the slightest offense takes place. The CEO of a multibillion dollar enterprise just took the time to write a post about a failed marketing campaign of a competitor instead of letting that failure stand on its own. He should relax. The person I was replying to should relax. Those offended in the WP community should relax.
  - notananthem 6y ago
    Yeah Matt writing this and trying to sound like "a little guy" is hilarious
yawn 6y ago
Did you read the post? The "dirty tricks" also involved "stealing WordPress code and lying about it" and not allowing you to export your content.
- goatherders 6y ago
  Not allowing content exports isn't shady. Happens on a lot of platforms and systems. Stealing code- there are remedies for that, which Auto and the foundation are free to pursue.
  - austinkhale 6y ago
    Agree to disagree.
    - goatherders 6y ago
      Fair enough. You might be surprised (or not) how much software has stolen bits and how much data isn't exportable in any useful format. But glad to see all my comments on this topic keep getting down voted.
      - type0 6y ago
        No one is surprised, you're just not adding anything to the conversation and it's probably why you're getting down-voted.
        goatherders 6y ago
        Replying because this is interesting. I disagree with the article and some of the contents of the thread. I've explained why and answered questions directly. Contrarian POV isn't adding to the thread? I'm not baiting, asking a serious question.
        type0 6y ago
        It's not good to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. I noticed in my own comments sometimes when I don't come of as genuine I usually get a bunch of down-votes (usually it's clumsy written shorter comments).
        goatherders 6y ago
        Agree completely. I don't feel I was being contrarian here just to be contrarian. I do think it's silly that MM is posting on this. I do think the WP community is considerably more sensitive than other tech sectors with which I'm familiar. For as negative as tech/digital professionals are about Wix, it is a $16B company with $1b in annual revenue.

Relax, it's marketing. It isn't "Shady" to take aim at competitors (or other solutions) when trying to get attention.

zippergz 6y ago

"Relax" is right up there with "no offense, but" as a way to start a message to someone.

goatherders 6y ago
I didn't use "but" and I don't care if it's offensive. The WP community clutches its pearls anytime the slightest offense takes place. The CEO of a multibillion dollar enterprise just took the time to write a post about a failed marketing campaign of a competitor instead of letting that failure stand on its own. He should relax. The person I was replying to should relax. Those offended in the WP community should relax.
- notananthem 6y ago
  Yeah Matt writing this and trying to sound like "a little guy" is hilarious

yawn 6y ago

Did you read the post? The "dirty tricks" also involved "stealing WordPress code and lying about it" and not allowing you to export your content.

goatherders 6y ago
Not allowing content exports isn't shady. Happens on a lot of platforms and systems. Stealing code- there are remedies for that, which Auto and the foundation are free to pursue.
- austinkhale 6y ago
  Agree to disagree.
  - goatherders 6y ago
    Fair enough. You might be surprised (or not) how much software has stolen bits and how much data isn't exportable in any useful format. But glad to see all my comments on this topic keep getting down voted.
    - type0 6y ago
      No one is surprised, you're just not adding anything to the conversation and it's probably why you're getting down-voted.
      - goatherders 6y ago
        Replying because this is interesting. I disagree with the article and some of the contents of the thread. I've explained why and answered questions directly. Contrarian POV isn't adding to the thread? I'm not baiting, asking a serious question.
        type0 6y ago
        It's not good to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. I noticed in my own comments sometimes when I don't come of as genuine I usually get a bunch of down-votes (usually it's clumsy written shorter comments).
        goatherders 6y ago
        Agree completely. I don't feel I was being contrarian here just to be contrarian. I do think it's silly that MM is posting on this. I do think the WP community is considerably more sensitive than other tech sectors with which I'm familiar. For as negative as tech/digital professionals are about Wix, it is a $16B company with $1b in annual revenue.