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WordPress.org bans WP Engine - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41655967 - Sep 2024 (490 comments)
If WordPress is to survive, Matt Mullenweg must be removed - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41676653 - Sep 2024 (245 comments)
WP Engine is not WordPress - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41613628 - Sep 2024 - (165 comments)
Filed: WP Engine Inc. v Automattic Inc. and Matthew Charles Mullenweg [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41726197 - Oct 2024 - (659 comments)
The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken over by WordPress.org - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821400 - Oct 2024 (224 comments)
So long WordPress - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41974637 - Oct 2024 (211 comments)
WordPress.org's latest move involves taking control of a WP Engine plugin - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41826082 - Oct 2024 (211 comments)
Is Matt Mullenweg defending WordPress or sabotaging it? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41872628 - Oct 2024 - (143 comments)
Mullenweg threatens corporate takeover of WP Engine - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41712617 - Oct 2024 - (120 comments)
Matt Mullenweg cries foul and threatens me with legal action - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41727888 - Oct 2024 - (43 comments)
Matt Mullenweg temporarily shuts down some Wordpress.org functions - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42469708 - Dec 2024 - (122 comments)
WordPress Is in Trouble - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42687121 - Jan 2025 (439 comments)
Matt Mullenweg deactivates WordPress accounts of contributors planning a fork - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42667766 - Jan 2025 (236 comments)
Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42672675 - Jan 2025 - (172 comments)
Matt Mullenweg, Automattic's CEO, Seems Bound and Determined to Wreck WordPress - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42773311 - Jan 2025 - (57 comments)
Some more context/info: https://bsky.app/profile/bnewbold.net/post/3lqxuz2ck6k2n
This might be the model example for how AT isn't just for social media like Bluesky. Most of the early tools and platforms have been that, but it's a whole new way of making stuff available and findable on the internet.