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ENGLISH: 3 in the morning and I've just disconnected all 3rd-party apps from Meta. Soon enough I'll delete my profile too; then I've just been experimenting with @buttondown newsletter and playing with code: if, ElIf, and, or, Endif, for... I'll also organize my news feed with RSS. And if WordPress is no longer sustainable for any reason I might consider changing my contents' models and switch to ButtonDown only. #WordPress #newsletter #rss #alternatives

@techcrunch buries the lede on their article about @wordpress

I read half the article before I learned why #WordPress CEO had deplatformed employees

Amitheidiot bc I didn't know what a forking allegation is?

"WordPress fork — a term that describes when someone takes the code from an open source project and creates a copy, which can take on a life of its own with a separate community of contributors."

I wanted to help someone make a website with WordPress, because that person should be able to design and fill the website by themselves.

Now, with all the shit that is happening there... Is it still a good idea to use WordPress? If not, what would you guys recommend?

Needs to be PHP and selfhostable. (We have a Webserver already!) Also, it needs to be used by someone who isn't that tech savvy. (So no "just code it yourself.")

Remarkable sentence buries in Automattic‘s remarkable statement.

»While our sponsored contributions are reduced, Automattic remains deeply invested in the WordPress platform … Part of this will be making WordPress.com much closer to a core WordPress experience, instead of having a different interface.«

#WordPress
tedium.co/2025/01/10/wordpress

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet.Did Automattic Just Diagnose Its Own Business Problem?Automattic decides to pull back on the WordPress project. But in the process, the firm may have accidentally explained why competitors were able to one-up them.