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Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic

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199 points orangeteacups | 4 comments | 17 Oct 24 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0.706s | source
1. ookblah ◴[17 Oct 24 18:52 UTC] No.41872625[source]▶
I don't know why i keep popping into these WP related threads, gotta take a break... Apparently also just read that he used the .org to push a post promoting alternative WPEngine hosting to his affiliates. I have no clue what is going on anymore.
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2. ceejayoz ◴[17 Oct 24 20:17 UTC] No.41873325[source]▶
That's correct; https://wordpress.org/news/2024/10/wp-engine-promotions/
3. legitster ◴[17 Oct 24 20:27 UTC] No.41873424[source]▶
They are not even WP Engine alternatives. He listed 4 other hosts, of which 3 are owned by Automattic and the other is paying Automattic licensing rights.

It's a company town.

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4. rstupek ◴[17 Oct 24 20:33 UTC] No.41873470[source]▶
That would not be obvious based on a simple reading of the post!