People.
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My reading of it was basically either stop suing us or we're going to stop working on WordPress --
Which -- Matt's got his money - the rest of the people in that organization - probably not so much. They'll be the ones who feel it if the wheels fall completely off.
It seems like Matt basically wants to take his toys and go home, but is pissed that he can't because WP is way bigger than him. The logo, the name, and the money are all he has and that's useless on it's own.
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@iam_sysop @jalefkowit Yes and that threat is just not a threat when they're already forking.
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Captain Ventilation last edited by [email protected]
@be @iam_sysop I don't think any of these people have officially said they're joining a fork... yet.
It's more just unspoken subtext of what they _are_ saying. We want governance changes, we want product direction changes. When stakeholders in a FOSS project start asking for stuff like that, "... or we'll fork" is a sort of implicit corollary. Like, we're trying this the polite way, in hopes that we don't have to do it the impolite way.
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Captain Ventilationreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit @iam_sysop Ah, so Matt is telling them to fork off when they weren't already doing that?
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Captain Ventilation last edited by
@be @iam_sysop I think he thinks he is calling their bluff. He is telling them where they can put the polite way. If they want the project to change course, he is saying, the polite way is not gonna make that happen.
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@jalefkowit I think Mattt is going to announce his full support of Trump any day now. He’s got the vibe.
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@drahardja Room in the administration for an Elon mini-me
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@ShiitakeToast @jalefkowit That's the thing, your company gets to a certain size, you pay people to do this stuff. They'll even put "quotes attributable to Mr Mullenweg" which he doesn't even have to utter.
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@glent @ShiitakeToast Howard Hughes lost his mind, and it took decades for the rest of the world to find out. A well-run corporation can keep erratic leadership under wraps for a very long time
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@jalefkowit @glent @ShiitakeToast not only do I vehemently agree with this, I'll go one further: it's the raison d'être of the corporate structure. It is supposed to build a business that is resilient to the faults of any single person, up to & very much including its senior leadership positions. Any company not managing this feat is whiffing one of its most crucial goals.
(Not sufficient, of course, only necessary. You still have to make payroll, have income, not alienate your workforce...)
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@gnomon @glent @ShiitakeToast If I ever manage to build my business into anything significant, I expect at some point the board will come by to take the keys to my fedi account away. I will have to console myself by racing carbon-fiber catamarans crewed by Ivy-educated supermodels
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Harish Narayananreplied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit @SymTrkl @glyph And remember in the elden times when Photography Matthew keyword stuffed wordpress.org with hidden text for SEO and ad money?
Or am I just that old?
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Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:replied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit that post was negging from start to finish.
The shitposter in me would also like to advise librematt.org is free. Although that would play into his ego.
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Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:replied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit seriously why is no one locking his devices away?
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Harish Narayanan last edited by
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Bryan Redeagle :bc:replied to Jason Lefkowitz last edited by
@jalefkowit So I'm getting (since this whole craziness started) that Matt's crazy, but what's Photography Matthew? Has he done a crazy before?
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@jalefkowit what even?
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Jason Lefkowitzreplied to Bryan Redeagle :bc: last edited by
@bryanredeagle His online handle is PhotoMatt. It’s a pun on a thing nobody under age 30 will remember.
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@dysfun Who even knows anymore. It’s just this goddamn rock we all have to drag uphill forever now
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TechCrunch has picked up the story of Photography Matthew's latest blog tantrum. If you want/need context, they do a pretty good job of providing it.
Matt Mullenweg to deactivate WordPress contributor accounts over alleged fork plans | TechCrunch
Matt Mullenweg has deactivated the accounts of several WordPress community members, including two with plans to fork WordPress.
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