They never claimed to be starting a fork (at least not yet)[0]. They only called for reform to the existing governance structures.[1] Matt Mullenweg painted it

They never claimed to be starting a fork (at least not yet)[0]. They only called for reform to the existing governance structures.[1] Matt Mullenweg painted it as a fork to suit his narrative and pre-emptively poison the well (by implying they are incompetent) of a potential future fork.[2] He's done that a couple times now. He claims to support forks and says "I'll even promote them on WordPress.org" (paraphrase) but what he does is post before a fork is even ready or properly organized. Thereby sabotaging the effort and making everyone involved look bad. [3] It's truly evil. [0] https://x.com/jdevalk/status/1878210129914409063 https://x.com/jdevalk/status/1878210129914409063 [1] https://joost.blog/wordpress-leadership/ https://joost.blog/wordpress-leadership/ [2] https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/ [3] https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/spoon/ https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/spoon/ EDIT: Matt just posted another childish taunt in response to Joost's clarification. See https://x.com/photomatt/status/1878227222927933815 https://x.com/photomatt/status/1878227222927933815