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Feels a bit tongue in cheek given current events, but good on Matt for sticking to values here.

wmf 2y ago
He knows where the real value lies. (Hint: It's not the code.)
elAhmo 2y ago
Matt has demonstrated that one of his core values is vindictiveness, inability to receive feedback and huge ego that has destroyed a decade of goodwill in a few weeks.
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- mossTechnician 2y ago
  Based on how I learned about his personality, I have to agree. Until this point, I've never seen a tech CEO follow one of their users to a different social network to continue an argument. https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/tumblr-ceo-publicly-spars-with-trans-user-over-account-ban-revealing-private-account-names-in-the-process/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/tumblr-ceo-publicly-spars-...
  - LightHugger 2y ago
    Hmm, the user was a lunatic who made violent threats and then was spreading misinformation about their ban, which in turn was getting picked up by lazy journalists. What did he do wrong here?
    - mossTechnician 2y ago
      He followed one of his users to a different social network and started posting private information about them
AdamJacobMuller 2y ago
A bit? I'm not entirely sure I've read anything on the internet which should be interpreted in exactly the opposite manner as how it's written. It's like one of those PR-speak statements about a mass layoff where the CEO (but really a team of PR wonks) waxes poetic about how difficult it is for him to lay off parts of the company, but, this one doesn't even have the benefit of running through the PR-speak machine. > good on Matt for sticking to values here What other option does he have? Wordpress is GPL, he couldn't legally stop a fork if he wanted. I assume using the power of Automattic he could try to lawfare a fork out of existence but it would be obvious what he was trying to do.
oddevan 2y ago
Yes... but it's also furthering the idea of WordPress as his project, not the community-built foundation it's frequently described as.
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wmf 2y ago

He knows where the real value lies. (Hint: It's not the code.)

Matt has demonstrated that one of his core values is vindictiveness, inability to receive feedback and huge ego that has destroyed a decade of goodwill in a few weeks.

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mossTechnician 2y ago
Based on how I learned about his personality, I have to agree. Until this point, I've never seen a tech CEO follow one of their users to a different social network to continue an argument. https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/tumblr-ceo-publicly-spars-with-trans-user-over-account-ban-revealing-private-account-names-in-the-process/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/tumblr-ceo-publicly-spars-...
- LightHugger 2y ago
  Hmm, the user was a lunatic who made violent threats and then was spreading misinformation about their ban, which in turn was getting picked up by lazy journalists. What did he do wrong here?
  - mossTechnician 2y ago
    He followed one of his users to a different social network and started posting private information about them

AdamJacobMuller 2y ago

A bit? I'm not entirely sure I've read anything on the internet which should be interpreted in exactly the opposite manner as how it's written. It's like one of those PR-speak statements about a mass layoff where the CEO (but really a team of PR wonks) waxes poetic about how difficult it is for him to lay off parts of the company, but, this one doesn't even have the benefit of running through the PR-speak machine. > good on Matt for sticking to values here What other option does he have? Wordpress is GPL, he couldn't legally stop a fork if he wanted. I assume using the power of Automattic he could try to lawfare a fork out of existence but it would be obvious what he was trying to do.

oddevan 2y ago

Yes... but it's also furthering the idea of WordPress as his project, not the community-built foundation it's frequently described as.

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