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The latest childish tantrum Mullenweg has thrown is this passive-aggressive post where, ostensibly to get a Wordpress fork off the ground, he's deactivated the

The latest childish tantrum Mullenweg has thrown is this passive-aggressive post where, ostensibly to get a Wordpress fork off the ground, he's deactivated the Wordpress.org accounts of 5 people, including the people who just asked for a change in the governance model of Wordpress. That entire post is a huge ball of bitter passive-aggressive shit couched in "howdy" language. [1] This includes the account of someone who has not been involved with Wordpress development since 2020. [2] [3] [1] https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/01/jkpress/ [2] https://heatherburns.tech/2025/01/12/another-day-of-stochastic-harassment-for-old-times-sake/ https://heatherburns.tech/2025/01/12/another-day-of-stochast... [3] https://bsky.app/profile/mor10.com/post/3lfgqcge62c2d https://bsky.app/profile/mor10.com/post/3lfgqcge62c2d

charlangas 2y ago
Having only been exposed to Mullenweg on the Tim Ferriss podcast, I perceived him as the benevolent, zen-like steward of one of the biggest open source projects ever. Watching this drama over the past few months has been... interesting. It's like the dude on the podcast hit his head badly and had his whole personality replaced.
- frankdenbow 2y ago
  More likely that a podcast is a performance for marketing
  - mmooss 2y ago
    Maybe this is the performance. The podcast, based on the GGP, is a far more realistic form of human behavior. The current mode seems like a performance, following the trend of other SV CEOs. For people who claim to be really smart, original thinkers, they follow the herd right toward the cliff.
jazzyjackson 2y ago
I haven't learned much in my career, (cue "burn after reading" clip [0]), but I do know that CEOs hate it when changes in governance are discussed by underlings, it's way more of a threat to power than any fork. [0] https://youtu.be/J6VjPM5CeWs https://youtu.be/J6VjPM5CeWs

charlangas 2y ago

Having only been exposed to Mullenweg on the Tim Ferriss podcast, I perceived him as the benevolent, zen-like steward of one of the biggest open source projects ever. Watching this drama over the past few months has been... interesting. It's like the dude on the podcast hit his head badly and had his whole personality replaced.

frankdenbow 2y ago
More likely that a podcast is a performance for marketing
- mmooss 2y ago
  Maybe this is the performance. The podcast, based on the GGP, is a far more realistic form of human behavior. The current mode seems like a performance, following the trend of other SV CEOs. For people who claim to be really smart, original thinkers, they follow the herd right toward the cliff.

jazzyjackson 2y ago

I haven't learned much in my career, (cue "burn after reading" clip [0]), but I do know that CEOs hate it when changes in governance are discussed by underlings, it's way more of a threat to power than any fork. [0] https://youtu.be/J6VjPM5CeWs https://youtu.be/J6VjPM5CeWs