If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed

date linked: 29 September 2024

source: link to article, from joshcollinsworth.com

I teach WordPress, and I guess I should be covering this this semester. I’ve been avoiding reading about recent drama at Automattic, but if this is a taste of it, wow, wow, wow.

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