I've been thinking quite a lot about why @ma.tt's actions about all this has bothered me so and it all came together this past week. I was writing about it and then the news of FAIR broke - and bam.
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
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#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
The Long Con: How Matt Mullenweg Used the WordPress Community to Build His For-Profit Empire
More than two decades ago, WordPress was born as a humble open-source blogging tool. Its co-founder, Matt Mullenweg, quickly became a…
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June 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've been thinking quite a lot about why @ma.tt's actions about all this has bothered me so and it all came together this past week. I was writing about it and then the news of FAIR broke - and bam.
medium.com/@kelliepeter...
#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
medium.com/@kelliepeter...
#wpdrama #wordpress #wpterrorism @automattic.com
When I read Swisher's Burn Book last year I wondered when her feelings about Mullenweg would change. I guess we know.
TBF, he's been an asshole for years, but to anyone influential he will bend over backward to give a different impression.
#wpdrama #wpterrorism #stonecoldasshole
TBF, he's been an asshole for years, but to anyone influential he will bend over backward to give a different impression.
#wpdrama #wpterrorism #stonecoldasshole
The @wordpress.com platform was where @waltmossberg.bsky.social and I started All Things D and later Recode, because it was so good and Matt Mullenweg was always very helpful. But what a pathetic turn for him into a stone cold asshole.
January 9, 2025 at 11:18 PM
When I read Swisher's Burn Book last year I wondered when her feelings about Mullenweg would change. I guess we know.
TBF, he's been an asshole for years, but to anyone influential he will bend over backward to give a different impression.
#wpdrama #wpterrorism #stonecoldasshole
TBF, he's been an asshole for years, but to anyone influential he will bend over backward to give a different impression.
#wpdrama #wpterrorism #stonecoldasshole
Many have called for Mullenweg to step down or be removed from the project. That's not going to happen. In what may be the longest con in open source history we've all learned he controls it all. Making him *irrelevant* to the project is the next best thing. #wpdrama #wpterrorism
June 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Many have called for Mullenweg to step down or be removed from the project. That's not going to happen. In what may be the longest con in open source history we've all learned he controls it all. Making him *irrelevant* to the project is the next best thing. #wpdrama #wpterrorism