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nadermx ◴[11 Apr 25 17:12 UTC] No.43656145[source]▶
Speaking of WordPress, hows the entire WordPress debacle going with Matt Mullenweg?
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throwawaymatt ◴[11 Apr 25 18:01 UTC] No.43656607[source]▶
They're still battling out in court, with a timeline that extends into 2027. Meanwhile: (very quick summary) Matt's pulled his developers off the project, and the release schedule has slowed. Some commercial vendors have increased their support, while others have pulled back. Meanwhile the ecosystem of devs and agencies basically shrugged it off. If we need to get rid of Matt we will (with big vendor support), no big deal.
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Mystery-Machine ◴[11 Apr 25 18:50 UTC] No.43657120[source]▶
I believe it is actually Pretty Big Deal™.

No big deal on splitting the community in half? Matt will not go and you will have half the people supporting him, half forking the project. Actually less than half on each side, when you count in the people that will completely leave the ecosystem...

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1. sleepybrett ◴[11 Apr 25 19:33 UTC] No.43657597{3}[source]▶
IMO in my experience wordpress, as a project regardless of hosting, is coasting but in audience acquisition and new feature production.

They aren't acquiring new customers faster than they are losing existing customers. Squarespace and similar products are to eating it's proverbial lunch among a large portion of their audience (small to medium businesses who just want a website that is easy to update).

If some of the biggest hosters forked wordpress and started adding features that their customers are asking for, that wordpress the organization were ignoring or slow to produce, I think it would be a good thing. Providing wordpress the org with some motivation to compete.