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This was more generous than both the Basecamp and Coinbase buyout offers, I'm curious why you say I'm a petty tyrant. I can be a little ASD so sometimes my writ

This was more generous than both the Basecamp and Coinbase buyout offers, I'm curious why you say I'm a petty tyrant. I can be a little ASD so sometimes my written communication doesn't come through the best.

bdndndndbve 2y ago
My guy, I know lots of autistic people. You're not coming across as autistic, you're giving straight up Napoleon marching into Russia with this one.
- photomatt 2y ago
  Thank you for the feedback. I'll try to do better.
  - fhfhfhjfnfnfmf 2y ago
    [flagged]
  - HaZeust 2y ago
    Start now.
    - MikeDVB 2y ago
      Start last week, last month, or even years ago.
  - sureIy 2y ago
    Stop fighting WPE if you actually want to do better.
batch12 2y ago
It looks to me like passive aggressive lynch mobbing. Putting the issues aside, you seem to be doing a good job not letting the comments that charge you with medical and psychological issues get to you. Figured I'd throw at least one positive comment your way.
- kyleee 2y ago
  “passive aggressive lynch mobbing” maybe, just maybe, you are overstating
  - batch12 2y ago
    I don't care about wordpress or this situation. I may be, just maybe, being too generous. Somehow people feel it's proper to question someone's sanity, provide armchair legal advice, and even suggest carbon monoxide intake is involved. Maybe people should be a little self aware of their critiques of others. Maybe.
mtlynch 2y ago
>I'm curious why you say I'm a petty tyrant. For the reasons I gave in that same paragraph. I agree that you made more lucrative offers than Basecamp, but they presented their offers (publicly, at least) in a way that feels more professional and respectful of their employees.
- randomdata 2y ago
  So what you're saying is that Matt is a tyrant because he isn't as an effective communicator as DHH is? That's quite an unusual take on tyranny. Or perhaps that's not what you are saying at all, but are just a poor communicator yourself? If that's the case, I am surprised you are not more sympathetic to the folly of interpreting such statements without other context. Dunning-Krueger effect strikes again, I suppose.
  - mtlynch 2y ago
    I said that Mullenweg's explanation of the buyout makes him come across as a petty tyrant. I didn't say that poor communication is what qualifies someone as a tyrant.
    - randomdata 2y ago
      There is no objective measure of what makes a tyrant. If one comes across as a tyrant, they are a tyrant! You did say, as interpreted by the reader, that his poor communication skills makes him come across as a tyrant, and therefore that is what makes him a tyrant. That may not be what you meant, but in that case we're right back to you and the poor communication skills of your own.
      - mtlynch 2y ago
        It feels like you're bending over backwards to misinterpret what I said, so I'm going to stop engaging with you.
        2y ago
hluska 2y ago
Matt, I’ve had a lot of respect for you for a long time. But you have an employee on Reddit trashing every single person who left en masse. https://www.reddit.com/user/r_mutt1917/ https://www.reddit.com/user/r_mutt1917/ I understand that things get emotional and things happen. Especially in business. If you’re looking for perfection, you will not find it in me. But, this is extreme. It’s tremendously unkind and terribly unprofessional. The worst part is that they claim they can’t tell what division they are in. It leaves the impression that trashing > 100 people is fine, but being identifiable is a problem. Can you please do something about this? We can part ways with people, feel sad about it but not destroy their lives.
- biggneer 2y ago
  That user deleted their comments, but they're still visible at this link, which reads them from an archive of Reddit: https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Wordpress/comments/1fvl9aa/wordpressorgmatt_vs_wpengine_megathread_part_2/ https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Wordpress/comments/1fvl9aa/wo... Also at: https://archive.today/nsBjE https://archive.today/nsBjE

bdndndndbve 2y ago

My guy, I know lots of autistic people. You're not coming across as autistic, you're giving straight up Napoleon marching into Russia with this one.

photomatt 2y ago
Thank you for the feedback. I'll try to do better.
- fhfhfhjfnfnfmf 2y ago
  [flagged]
- HaZeust 2y ago
  Start now.
  - MikeDVB 2y ago
    Start last week, last month, or even years ago.
- sureIy 2y ago
  Stop fighting WPE if you actually want to do better.

batch12 2y ago

It looks to me like passive aggressive lynch mobbing. Putting the issues aside, you seem to be doing a good job not letting the comments that charge you with medical and psychological issues get to you. Figured I'd throw at least one positive comment your way.

kyleee 2y ago
“passive aggressive lynch mobbing” maybe, just maybe, you are overstating
- batch12 2y ago
  I don't care about wordpress or this situation. I may be, just maybe, being too generous. Somehow people feel it's proper to question someone's sanity, provide armchair legal advice, and even suggest carbon monoxide intake is involved. Maybe people should be a little self aware of their critiques of others. Maybe.

mtlynch 2y ago

>I'm curious why you say I'm a petty tyrant. For the reasons I gave in that same paragraph. I agree that you made more lucrative offers than Basecamp, but they presented their offers (publicly, at least) in a way that feels more professional and respectful of their employees.

randomdata 2y ago
So what you're saying is that Matt is a tyrant because he isn't as an effective communicator as DHH is? That's quite an unusual take on tyranny. Or perhaps that's not what you are saying at all, but are just a poor communicator yourself? If that's the case, I am surprised you are not more sympathetic to the folly of interpreting such statements without other context. Dunning-Krueger effect strikes again, I suppose.
- mtlynch 2y ago
  I said that Mullenweg's explanation of the buyout makes him come across as a petty tyrant. I didn't say that poor communication is what qualifies someone as a tyrant.
  - randomdata 2y ago
    There is no objective measure of what makes a tyrant. If one comes across as a tyrant, they are a tyrant! You did say, as interpreted by the reader, that his poor communication skills makes him come across as a tyrant, and therefore that is what makes him a tyrant. That may not be what you meant, but in that case we're right back to you and the poor communication skills of your own.
    - mtlynch 2y ago
      It feels like you're bending over backwards to misinterpret what I said, so I'm going to stop engaging with you.
      - 2y ago

hluska 2y ago

Matt, I’ve had a lot of respect for you for a long time. But you have an employee on Reddit trashing every single person who left en masse. https://www.reddit.com/user/r_mutt1917/ https://www.reddit.com/user/r_mutt1917/ I understand that things get emotional and things happen. Especially in business. If you’re looking for perfection, you will not find it in me. But, this is extreme. It’s tremendously unkind and terribly unprofessional. The worst part is that they claim they can’t tell what division they are in. It leaves the impression that trashing > 100 people is fine, but being identifiable is a problem. Can you please do something about this? We can part ways with people, feel sad about it but not destroy their lives.

biggneer 2y ago
That user deleted their comments, but they're still visible at this link, which reads them from an archive of Reddit: https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Wordpress/comments/1fvl9aa/wordpressorgmatt_vs_wpengine_megathread_part_2/ https://undelete.pullpush.io/r/Wordpress/comments/1fvl9aa/wo... Also at: https://archive.today/nsBjE https://archive.today/nsBjE