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ValentineC ◴[11 Jan 25 21:33 UTC] No.42669076[source]▶

The TechCrunch headline is not accurate. As far as I understand, none of the people whose WordPress accounts were deactivated were planning a fork.

The current top comment and discussion on this Reddit thread provide good context:

1. baobun ◴[11 Jan 25 23:46 UTC] No.42669917[source]▶

So it's actually worse and more scandalous than the clickbait headline claims. I guess that's an achievent on @photomatt's part.

Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork