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echo ✨<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/</a><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a>

Dan QApparently Automattic are laying off around one in six of their workforce. And I'm one of the unlucky ones.Anybody remote hiring for a UK-based full-stack web developer (in a world that doesn't seem to believe that full-stack developers exist anymore) with 25+ years professional experience, specialising in PHP, Ruby, JS, HTML, CSS, devops, and about 50% of CMSes you've ever heard of (and probably some you haven't)... with a flair for security, accessibility, standards-compliance, performance, and DexEx?CV at: <a href="https://danq.me/cv/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://danq.me/cv/index.html</a><a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/note" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#note</a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#work</a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#job</a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/memorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#memorable</a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#employment</a>Via: 🔗 <a href="https://danq.me/2025/04/02/redundant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://danq.me/2025/04/02/redundant/</a>

Henrik SchönemannIch bin mir nicht sicher, ob die Tragweite dessen verstanden wird. Durch Glück wurde der Inhalt von dei.gov/waste.gov <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> sichtbar, der sollte noch gar öffentlich sein:- 'Beweise' für wasteful spending - was alles Ziel ist (z.B. Förderung von LGBT weltweit; Indigenes Wissen) - Regierungsseiten bei einer privaten Firma gehosted <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordpress</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113998679846185670" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/113998679846185670</a>Zum selber schauen: <a href="https://archive.org/details/changedetection-dei-gov-waste-gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/changedetection-dei-gov-waste-gov</a>🧵1/2

Henrik SchönemannThis needs to be shared widely:<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/WhitehouseWash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhitehouseWash</a> My change-detection just caught something big: dei.gov got registered around one week ago - for some days it was empty. Than a long list appeared, which quickly got password-protected; see screenshots.It lists short bullet-points about 'wasteful' governmental spending, looks like a list to justify their actions (and what may be to come)See for yourself: <a href="https://archive.org/details/changedetection-dei-gov-waste-gov" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/changedetection-dei-gov-waste-gov</a>Hosted by <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> (of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wordpress</a>-fame)<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DEI</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

fedipact :FediPact:Tumblr to join the fediverse after WordPress migration completes<blockquote>"Automattic confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every Tumblr user will be able to federate their blog via ActivityPub, just as every WordPress.com user can today."</blockquote><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/</a>don't let transphobe matt mullenweg and his corpo buddies in! sign The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact and pledge to defederate them from your instance today!!!!!<a href="https://fedipact2.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact2.online</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

fedipact :FediPact:FediPact 2: Electric Boogaloo<a href="https://fedipact2.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact2.online</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

MOULE #RedInsteadSince <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tumblr</a> (owned by <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/MattMullenweg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MattMullenweg</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a>) renewed plans to join the <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>, I suggest blocking them (as I have) for the same reason as <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/Threads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Threads</a>: queerphobia and corporate tracking.Just like the anti-Meta <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> (<a href="https://FediPact.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://FediPact.online</a>), there's now an anti-Automattic <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/FediPact2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact2</a>: <a href="https://FediPact2.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://FediPact2.online</a>Like I did with Meta, I wrote <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/iptables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#iptables</a> commands your <a href="https://mastodon.moule.world/tags/FediAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediAdmin</a> can use to drop all traffic to and from Automattic's IP addresses: <a href="https://pastebin.com/e5UKJCKU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pastebin.com/e5UKJCKU</a> (source: AS2635)

fedipact :FediPact:also yeah tumblr has recently reiterated their desire to federate hence the fedipact sequel<a href="https://wip.tumblr.com/post/773574776721702912/about-a-year-ago-wordpress-ceo-matt-mullenweg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wip.tumblr.com/post/773574776721702912/about-a-year-ago-wordpress-ceo-matt-mullenweg</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

fedipact :FediPact:The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pacttoday i'm very happy to announce the creation of a new initiative! The Anti-Automattic ActivityPub Accord, Or, FediPact 2: The Car Hammer Explosion Pact. similar to the first fedipact this is a thingy i've created to encourage peeps to defed a coming big corpo instance. this time, tumblr! resist corporate invasion of the fediverse and sign today!<a href="https://fedipact2.online" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedipact2.online</a><a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/FediPact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediPact</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tumblr</a> <a href="https://cyberpunk.lol/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

Thomas 🧸Ich frage mich seit... och, eigentlich seit deren Einführung, wann <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> zugibt, dass die Idee der Blöcke in <a href="https://bonn.social/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wordpress</a> ein Reinfall war.

James Huff :prami_pride_pan:"A year after initial tests began, the blogging site <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tumblr</a>, now owned by WordPress.com parent <a href="https://social.lol/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a>, is launching its Communities feature out of beta. Communities offer semi-private spaces on Tumblr where people can network around topics of interest, similar to Reddit’s forums known as subreddits or X’s Communities."<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/tumblr-launches-its-interest-focused-communities-out-of-beta/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/12/tumblr-launches-its-interest-focused-communities-out-of-beta/</a>

pchestekWPEngine asks for more: to prohibit Automattic from blocking WPEngine's access to password-protected functionality, to prohibit blocking WPEngine's access to its plugins (including ceasing the auto-migration to Automattic versions), from disclosing WPE customers, and requiring removal of the checkbox. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPE</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WPEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPEngine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf</a>

pchestekWPEngine and Automattic have stipulated to a bare bones preliminary injunction allowing WPE access to public pages and they can submit security vulnerabilities, but Automattic still wants WPEngine blocked from password-protected functionality (Automattic would not agree to more) <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPE</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WPEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPEngine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.437474/gov.uscourts.cand.437474.63.0.pdf</a>

Matthias PfefferleI will do some office-hours now <a href="https://meet.jit.si/wp-activitypub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://meet.jit.si/wp-activitypub</a>join me, to chat about the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plugin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plugin</a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a>, fix issue, plan new features, ...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/officehours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#officehours</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a>

ilias :thepiratebay:Is this a new level of pettiness<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/automattic_tracking_wpengine/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/08/automattic_tracking_wpengine/</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Privacy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wordpress</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogging</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WPEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPEngine</a>

Matthias PfefferleWe just released version 4.1.0 of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActivityPub</a> Plugin for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/</a>Some handpicked features:* Custom Preview for “Fediverse” (needs WordPress 6.7) * Support `comment_previously_approved` setting * Add title to content if post is a `Note` (cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@davew" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@davew</a> ) * Fallback to blog-user if specific user is disabled (cc <a href="https://mastodon.social/@cdevroe" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@cdevroe</a> )Happy federated blogging!The version on WordPress.com will also be updated soon!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordpressdotcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordpressdotcom</a>

Jer ClarkeMy god this is a tacky and childish new move from <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> in the ongoing <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WPDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WPDrama</a>Doxxing people's web hosting choices? Seriously?I thought Matt's advent calendar of cringe was all used up, looks like there's still more turds to uncover.<a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wpengine-tracker-website/531973/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.searchenginejournal.com/wpengine-tracker-website/531973/</a>

Matthias Pfefferle<a href="https://dothewoo.io/@dothewoo.io" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dothewoo.io</a> is now on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a href="https://dothewoo.io/do-the-woo-is-trailbazing-the-fediverse-with-matthias-pfefferle-and-derek-hanson/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dothewoo.io/do-the-woo-is-trailbazing-the-fediverse-with-matthias-pfefferle-and-derek-hanson/</a>This may be the reference implementation of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcasts</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> blogs and i hope that more podcasts will follow this example.<a href="https://mastodon.social/@BobWP" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BobWP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@derekahanson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@derekahanson</a> It was fun working with you on that ❤️ And kudos to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mastodon</a> team, the audio player is pretty neat!!!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automattic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wordpressdotcom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordpressdotcom</a>

Bego Mario GardeIf you're not yet tired of following the dispute between Automattic and WP Engine and the impact on the WordPress community, you should read this brilliantly written post. The post is very detailed, but describes the background and picks apart a post previously published on A8c's blog piece by piece. In my view, it's a must-read.<a href="https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/response-to-defending-open-source" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/response-to-defending-open-source</a>by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/@collinsworth" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@collinsworth</a> <a href="https://wp-social.net/tags/WordPressDrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPressDrama</a> <a href="https://wp-social.net/tags/wpengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wpengine</a> <a href="https://wp-social.net/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a>

cyberia╱eu × mr.luk4Paid Memberships Pro: Leaving WordPress.org: What It Means for PMPro Users ↴ <a href="https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/leaving-wordpress-org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/leaving-wordpress-org/</a>“<a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a>.org is Matt <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/Mullenweg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mullenweg</a>’s personal website (source: the <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> account on X.com). Matt is also the owner of our largest competitor, <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/WooCommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WooCommerce</a>. The conflict of interest was always there, but in the weeks following WordCamp US 2024, Matt crossed several lines that make it crystal clear that he has no intentions of running WordPress.org as an <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#open</a> and <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/fair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fair</a> <a href="https://mast.eu.org/tags/platform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#platform</a>.”

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