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> I wonder how much of that was just echoing the corporate mission statement of Automattic for the sake of any colleagues who happen to stumble across the blog.
by flutas 2y ago
> I wonder how much of that was just echoing the corporate mission statement of Automattic for the sake of any colleagues who happen to stumble across the blog.
It's fairly obvious that's what it is.
Or they are being forced to post "I stayed", as nearly everyone that I've come across that works there is posting it. To the point where it doesn't even feel organic.
For anyone else that wants the latest drama: Matt seems to be weaponizing Automattic and CVE's against WP Engine now.
https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341 https://x.com/automattic/status/1842612123488473341
- Kye 2y agoPost deleted. What did it say?
- ValentineC 2y agoThe tweet has been deleted, but this other submission was in reply to it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41752289 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41752289
- flutas 2y agoThe Tweets original content was[0]: > Automattic's security team has responsibly disclosed a vulnerability in @wp_acf to @wpengine. As is standard, they have 30 days to issue a fix before public disclosure. We have reserved this CVE for the issue: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9529 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9529 Basically announcing to the world that there is a CVE in a very widely used ("2MM+ sites") WP plugin, that also can't be patched as they banned the developers accounts from updating said plugin[1]. [0]: https://imgur.com/a/wf73amz https://imgur.com/a/wf73amz [1]: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/
- paulryanrogers 2y agoPerhaps Automattic's goal is to force WPEngine to host their plugin(s) elsewhere? And also force WPEngine to have their own plugin cache or plugin market? Or at least no longer rely on WordPress.org's plugin repo directly.
- flutas 2y agoWPEngine has already done both of those. Literally at this point the only customers this is hurting are standard WordPress users not on WPEngine.
- madeofpalk 2y agoMatt Mullenweg's explicit goal is for WP Engine to pay up. > “The analogy I made is they got Al Capone for taxes,” Mullenweg says. “So, if a company was making half a billion dollars from WordPress and contributing back about $100,000 a year, yes, I would be trying to get them to contribute more.” WP Engine competes directly with the hosting services offered by Automattic and WordPress.com, and Mullenweg argues one of the reasons for its success is the use of “WordPress” across its site. “That’s why we’re using that legal avenue to really, yeah, pressure them. That’s true: we are pressuring them.” > “I happily provide WordPress.org services to literally every other host,” Mullenweg says. There is “no requirement to give back. WordPress will be open-source forever and ever, and so there will never be any legal requirement to give back.” But WordPress does still “request” that companies contribute something. “It’s better for WordPress if they give back.” https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-wordpress-org-wp-engine https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/4/24262232/matt-mullenweg-w...
- blackqueeriroh 2y agoYou think Jeffrey Zeldman is parroting a corporate mission statement or is being cowed into posting this? Damn, the youths today.
- yesiworkthere 2y agoYes. That's his job. His title is Employer Brand and when our glassdoor scores were too low he led the charge to write fake reviews to boost the score.