Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
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Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#2There’s one useful paragraph of information in there, and the rest is Matt whining about the consequences of his own actions.
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#3> As you may have heard, I’m legally compelled to provide free labor and services to WP Engine thanks to the success of their expensive lawyers, so in order to avoid bothering the court I will say that none of the above applies to WP Engine, so if they need to bypass any of the above please just have your high-priced attorneys talk to my high-priced attorneys and we’ll arrange access, or just reach out directly to me on Slack and I’ll fix things for you.
> I hope to find the time, energy, and money to reopen all of this sometime in the new year. Right now much of the time I would spend making WordPress better is being taken up defending against WP Engine’s legal attacks. Their attacks are against Automattic, but also me individually as the owner of WordPress.org, which means if they win I can be personally liable for millions of dollars of damages.
> If you would like to fund legal attacks against me, I would encourage you to sign up for WP Engine services, they have great plans and pricing starting at $50/mo and scaling all the way up to $2,000/mo. If not, you can use literally any other web host in the world that isn’t suing me and is offering promotions and discounts for switching away from WP Engine.
This post should be named "Holiday Breakdown" rather than "Holiday Break". In particular, one thing stood out to me:
> I hope to find the time, energy, and money to reopen all of this sometime in the new year.
He can't prevent WP Engine from getting access to Automattic services, so he acts out his revenge on the rest of the world instead?
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#4"I’m legally compelled to provide free labor and services"
Can a court sue a person for lying/libel about the court itself?
Now I'm imagining like how doctors and psychiatrists need to go to other doctors and psychiatrists for themselves.
Normally if you lie about me we both go to a court, but if you lie about the court, where does the court go?
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#5I wish for his sake he had a good friend to take that shovel away from his hands and take him on a long, contemplative, peaceful hike.
Money truly can't buy everything.
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#6Does he really believe he can convince people that the Matt Mullenweg who owns wordpress.com is a different Matt Mullenweg from the Matt Mullenweg who owns wordpress.org?
They even look the same.
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#7Why has no one intervened on what is clearly a mental breakdown of one man?
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#8Damn, reading all this makes me feel terrible. I wonder what goes on in somebody’s mind to make them self-sabotage their lives like Matt has over the past couple of weeks.
Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#9Why has no one intervened on what is clearly a mental breakdown of one man?
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Re: Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions
#10Why has no one intervened on what is clearly a mental breakdown of one man?
Been surrounding himself with yes men for years. I mean he literally said “commit to my ideas or leave with a half year of severance” and a lot of people took him up on the offer