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WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Re: WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Post by Loughla »

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!).

Re: WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Post by unsnap_biceps »

Loughla wrote: post #2

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.

Re: WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Post by lelandfe »

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...

Re: WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Post by andrewflnr »

mplewis wrote: post #5
fijiaarone wrote: post #4

Automattic is hurting financial. That is why they asked employees to take severance and why they are lashing out at their competition.

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.

Re: WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended

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Post by frankacter »

fijiaarone wrote: post #4

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."

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