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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: 0s | source
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dylan604 ◴[12 Jan 25 00:10 UTC] No.42670033[source]▶
I feel like Matt is one step away from hosting a telethon showing his "evidence".

He's clearly a fan of the idea that the vast majority of the public does not care about anything other than what the loudest voice in the room is saying. Say it loud, say it often. Even if what is being said is contrary to evidence, most people are not going to look at it any further.

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1. BeefWellington ◴[12 Jan 25 18:22 UTC] No.42675532[source]▶
Is that a wrong take though?

The instability this is causing is, mostly from what I can tell, strictly tied to the OSS dev community. I haven't seen tonnes of users talking about it or even caring enough to see what the fuss is about.

To be clear, I think what he's doing is bad in a variety of ways. I may be just jaded by years of watching corporations ignore the things that "should" matter and never being punished for it.