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WordPress announced a caller Executive Director, but societal media responses were somewhat reserved and amazingly sparse
Automattic CEO and WordPress co-creator Matt Mullenweg announced a caller Executive Director for WordPress.org aft the erstwhile director’s resignation. Social media reactions, portion mostly positive, were notably subdued, with galore comments focused connected the caller WordPress controversy.
New Executive Director
Mullenweg announced that Mary Hubbard, was hired arsenic the caller Executive Director. Hubbard was formerly the Chief Product Officer for WordPress.com from 2020 and volition statesman her caller presumption connected October 21st. She precocious resigned arsenic the Head of TikTok Americas, Governance and Experience.
The Executive Director presumption astatine WordPress.org opened up aft the resignation of 8.4% of Automattic employees, including the erstwhile Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy. Mullenweg offered employees who wished to permission $30,000 oregon the equivalent of six months pay, whichever was higher. The severance bundle was offered aft the caller issues betwixt Automattic, Mullenweg and WP Engine (WPE) which resulted successful WPE filing a national suit against Mullenweg and Automattic, alleging attempted extortion.
Muted Response To Announcement
A station successful the fashionable Dynamic WordPress Facebook Group generated 21 responses wrong 7 hours, with astir of the comments a treatment astir the caller play and the Mullenweg’s ownership of WordPress.org and different akin topics (view the treatment here, indispensable articulation the backstage radical to view).
The effect to the authoritative WordPress.org announcement connected X was muted, with astir adjacent amounts of radical posting welcomes arsenic those who were taking the accidental to station their displeasure and opinions astir caller events.
Seven hours aft posting the announcement determination were lone 15 responses, 21 retweets, and 117 likes.
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Typical Expressions Of Welcome
Welcome!
— Robert Jacobi (@RobertJacobi) October 8, 2024
Welcome Mary!
— Michael Potter (@Michael_6of7) October 8, 2024
Typical Other Responses
What does the E.D. bash for https://t.co/sbi8NmJkOL? Is https://t.co/sbi8NmJkOL portion of the Foundation? Part of Automattic? Something else? Unlike WPEngine, the differences betwixt these organizations, their ownership, and governance are incredibly confusing.
— Jeff Severson (@jeffseverson) October 8, 2024
"Our"? I thought Matt owns this establishment, with instauration having thing to bash with https://t.co/Duw3H6Qbg3. 🤨🤷
— Viktor Nagornyy (@V1ktor) October 8, 2024
Fire @photomatt
— Shay Grafdelver (@shaygrafdelver) October 8, 2024
Read the authoritative announcement connected WordPress.org
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