@manton
100% on the #WordPress Foundation part … and the shared vision for an open web:
https://micro.blog/patriciabt@tooting.ch/53580599
as a reply to your post:
https://www.manton.org/2024/12/21/i-support-the.html
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My reply to Manton:
100% when you say: “One positive outcome of this whole drama is shedding light on the WordPress Foundation, the WordPress.org website, and the plugin directory. I do think the community would benefit from expanding the WordPress Foundation to a slightly larger board and more transparent management of WordPress.org. Matt could add two more members to the board and ask for nominations from the community.”
People’s concerns now (I’m reporting here opinions I see and hear, not necessarily mine) are that .org is owned by Matt personally, not the Foundation, and that decisions are made by Matt alone, not by the community teams (examples: login checkbox, legal implications for contributors, closing new account registrations, etc.).
And some people had to face consequences (e.g. being banned from the community Slack or community social accounts), even among those who supported his actions against WPEngine. This has been counterproductive and it backfired.
I share your and Matt’s vision for an open web and democratizing publishing. We must therefore listen to people’s voices and not silence them.
Disclaimer: I am a WordPress Community Team contributor, but the opinions expressed here are independent and do not represent the team.
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