> One person is not certain whether they can safely check the WP Engine box, and one person has been removed from Slack, and is also unwilling to check the WP Engine box
Is this something we should've seen coming, as in, is this part of some kind of institutional move they had forecasted?
Because not working on accessibility seems like a really bad idea. People really like to sue about these kinds of things, and accessibility is very important for many users (like me!).
Personally I doubt that Matt cared about any of this when the checkbox went into effect. My guess is he will throw money at it and hire someone to take over.
"To Matt Mullenweg I want to say: please take better care of your community, because WordPress is nothing without it. Cherish the people who dedicate their (own) time and who work very hard to make WordPress the best it can be. Don’t ignore or make fun of them, but talk to them, guide them, inform them. Don’t be disconnected from the community, be part of it."
"In 2024, Automattic's revenue reached $710M up from $580.2M in 2022. The company previously reported $580.2M in 2022, $418.3M in 2021. They do this with a small 2k team."
Does it? I mean, it explains the desperate attempts at getting more money, but it doesn't fully explain his hamfisted execution. There are smarter ways to go about extorting your competitors.
I’m part of the WordPress Accessibility team and I’m still working on accessibility today.
Of the two member team:
> One person is not certain whether they can safely check the WP Engine box, and one person has been removed from Slack, and is also unwilling to check the WP Engine box
Context: https://login.wordpress.org
Más context: https://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-login-gets-mandatory-affi...
Is this something we should've seen coming, as in, is this part of some kind of institutional move they had forecasted?
Because not working on accessibility seems like a really bad idea. People really like to sue about these kinds of things, and accessibility is very important for many users (like me!).
Personally I doubt that Matt cared about any of this when the checkbox went into effect. My guess is he will throw money at it and hire someone to take over.
This is a long running pattern for Matt:
"To Matt Mullenweg I want to say: please take better care of your community, because WordPress is nothing without it. Cherish the people who dedicate their (own) time and who work very hard to make WordPress the best it can be. Don’t ignore or make fun of them, but talk to them, guide them, inform them. Don’t be disconnected from the community, be part of it."
https://rianrietveld.com/2018/10/i-have-resigned-the-wordpre...
Automattic is hurting financial. That is why they asked employees to take severance and why they are lashing out at their competition.
>Automattic is hurting financial.
What are you basing this off of?
"In 2024, Automattic's revenue reached $710M up from $580.2M in 2022. The company previously reported $580.2M in 2022, $418.3M in 2021. They do this with a small 2k team."
Probably mostly from Tumblr.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/12/tumblr-is-losing-30m-each-...
Automattic needing more money explains all of Matt M's moves.
Does it? I mean, it explains the desperate attempts at getting more money, but it doesn't fully explain his hamfisted execution. There are smarter ways to go about extorting your competitors.
Everyone can experience mania at some point in their life. Anything can happen because the brain works differently.
idk, perhaps he should see a shrink.
I'm sure that matt guy will just appoint himself or some random people to it.