And the WordPress drama continues ... https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/
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And the WordPress drama continues ...
https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine-banned/ -
Elena Brescacinreplied to Hans-Gerd Gerhards last edited by
@hgg Can I say I'm furious? I've nothing to do with the competitor involved, but this behaviour might hit anyone. And there's no accessible alternative around. Plugins and updates? Could do them manually as I did 20 years ago, but I see no sense on forcing people (even "vulnerable" people) revert back to 90s. For what? For money? This is the same mechanism of real world's wars: for desire of infinite power, a small group of men have no regards in destroying entire countries.
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Hans-Gerd Gerhardsreplied to Elena Brescacin last edited by
@talksina
Well, I don't know enough about the background to be able to say anything about it. I read some posts, e.g. the very interesting article by Brian Coords (https://www.briancoords.com/the-wcus-closing-i-wish-wed-had/). The question is: Could an escalation not have been avoided? -
Elena Brescacinreplied to Hans-Gerd Gerhards last edited by
@hgg Yeah, I read it, but refuse to think of "what should be done"; as a person who still believes in WordPress and wants to help the community, I wonder what I can do NOW, at least to give my 2 cents to clean the mess caused by the war. Sorry for the metaphor but honestly it's the most compliant. When there's a disaster caused by powerful men, we simple citizen can't hope the same men take care of us for the pollution they spread around. We can only take the broom and clean.
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Hans-Gerd Gerhardsreplied to Elena Brescacin last edited by
@talksina
I don't see any way for me to do anything. Wasted time. That's why I prefer to continue investing my time for the community in WordPress forum, WordPress tests (https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C015GUFFC00), etc. -
Elena Brescacinreplied to Hans-Gerd Gerhards last edited by
@hgg That's what I do as well. Contribute to this project as much as I can, with my (good or bad) skills. The world needs positivity - for folks who know me well, maybe they caught the double meaning but I swear it wasn't intentional! Pun not intended! But seriously, I hope it may end up in front of a bottle rather than a battle.