Siri, show me what happens when a company purges dissenting voices and becomes a cult of personality. https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/28/wordcamp_password_sharing_requirement/
I really don’t want to write a WordPress special tomorrow, but BOY OH BOY this is really quite a thing. https://www.404media.co/automattic-buyout-offer-wordpress-matt-mullenweg/
@ianb I think that's why otherwise intelligent people can't handle the fediverse, the notion of having curation within your own control instead of it being done for you as if you were a baby is a bit wild.