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Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork

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465 points impish9208 | 1 comments | 11 Jan 25 18:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source
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rmccue ◴[11 Jan 25 23:44 UTC] No.42669910[source]▶
This isn’t unexpected; I’ve been deactivated on Slack since very early in this dispute, and later banned from the issue tracker as well. I’ve been contributing for 20 years to the project, am a committer, and built several large parts of WordPress including the REST API.

Matt is banning anyone who speaks out at all, even when they agree with points he’s made. A large group of contributors felt they had to make an anonymous statement from fear of the same retribution I suffered: https://www.therepository.email/core-contributors-voice-conc...

(I am a less active direct contributor these days, so I’m still able to contribute even while blocked - but many people’s livelihoods depend on it, as sponsored contributors.)

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bachmeier ◴[12 Jan 25 01:52 UTC] No.42670549[source]▶
Honest question from an outsider. WordPress is open source, so why hasn't the project been replaced with one that doesn't include him?
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rmccue ◴[12 Jan 25 02:01 UTC] No.42670595[source]▶
The value of WordPress is in the brand, the ecosystem, and the community, and we’re all trying desperately to hold that together.
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