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I've been a long Wordpress user and proponent for a long time. Until a week ago I had never heard the name Mullenweg. Regardless of who's in the right or wrong
by legitster 2y ago
I've been a long Wordpress user and proponent for a long time. Until a week ago I had never heard the name Mullenweg.
Regardless of who's in the right or wrong here (I have my opinions), my perception of Wordpress flipped a switch overnight. It went from this quiet, reliable, refreshingly boring open source platform to yet another cult of personality tech fiefdom.
- fastball 2y agoSeems a bit self-contradicting. If it actually was a cult of personality tech fiefdom, and you are a long-time Wordpress user, presumably you would've heard of Mullenweg before this? The fact that you hadn't indicates that it's not.
- trog 2y agoI'm in basically the same boat, but aside from a bit of eye rolling I think I've convinced myself I can just ignore this and safely continue to download wordpress.org/latest.zip when I need it and hack it into whatever shape is convenient - which is what I've always liked doing with it anyway.
- MaxMatti 2y agoAbove a certain size all communities sooner or later turn into cults, most of the time around one or a few persons. The ones that you don't perceive as such you just haven't looked into close enough. I wish it were different but so far I have yet to find a community that doesn't fit that description. Not just open source, not just software, any community.
- grvdrm 2y agoNext up: Substack?
- raverbashing 2y agoRhetoric question: how many Substackers use Notion to organize their writings?
- tasuki 2y agoI've barely used WordPress and am far from its proponent, but have heard of Matt Mullenweg many times.
- ryukoposting 2y agoLikewise. I used it for my personal website before I learned how to use nginx. I guided my wife through the process of moving her personal site from Wix to WP and it's been a massive improvement. I really had no idea all this insanity was going down.