Seems like nobody is actually reading the TFA which is a shame because what the article describes is truly mind boggling:

>However, the board’s plan did not go smoothly. Seemingly declining to depart, Mullenweg booted other admins out of the company Slack and told employees everything had been worked out and that he was back in control of Automattic

What the article is actually reporting is that no one at Automatic is giving a straight answer not that the board caved and reversed their decision.

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x0x0 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Holy shit. You are, if anything, underselling the article.

> When TechCrunch asked Mullenweg if his comments about being back as CEO were legitimate, he promised a blog post was coming. When it arrived, however, it was about him buying a houseboat. When we asked if his comments about being back were also him trolling, he replied, “I’m not a troll I’m a pirate, obviously.” Mullenweg never provided any official comment about his return, but noted on X that this was likely the fifth time he’s faced a “coup.”

And like all well-run companies, it's not clear who the ceo is.

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stackghost 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That company sounds like a clusterfuck. Good luck attracting good talent with such dysfunctional leadership.

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neya 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

A lot of WordPress enterprise users will be upset after finding out that after paying $20-100k a month, Wordpress actually poaches their employees. Just inspect a Wordpress enterprise site's response to certain endpoints using cURL or Postman, it will actually tell you to apply for Automattic. I have been meaning to write about this for a very long time.

	▲	meric_ an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Eh I mean this is common default no? If you inspect element on many sites it links to the career page. Reddit, discord, etc. Maybe a little distasteful since I suppose since these WordPress sites are not owned by WordPress, but I wouldn't really say it's unique or necessarily poaching

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saghm 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Might by time for another employee buyout? https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/17/24272867/automattic-empl...

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subarctic 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Too bad because they have some incredible products

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stackghost an hour ago | parent [-]

All I know is Wordpress and Beeper, are any of their other products good? Like isn't WooCommerce an absolute also-ran compared to Amazon, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, etc?

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dofm 7 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Woocommerce is everywhere. Absolutely everywhere. Over four million stores.

About a third of all non-big-box/amazon online shopping runs through Woocommerce installations. Much more than Shopify, which is the next biggest.

Because it’s a plugin for WP you might not ever notice a store is Woocommerce until you get the store emails that people often don’t customise much.

It’s fully possible to run a Woocommerce store without giving anyone a cut beyond your payment provider’s normal cut.

It’s not too difficult to extend; custom payment gateways and order processing hooks, inbound APIs, GraphQL etc.

If you are judicious about your install — just run Woocommerce, WP, customise one of the core themes or a well-known good theme like WP-Start or an Anders Noren theme, use the Stripe or Paypal payment gateway, it’s pretty solidly secure, too; you’ll get automatic updates.

It’s not the most fun thing to administer, but it’s not Magento at least.

	▲	stackghost a few seconds ago \| parent [-]
		I stand corrected!

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jimmydddd 38 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not an enterprise product, but SimpleNote is great. I was happy that they bought it.

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sphars 40 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm a fan of PocketCasts as my podcast app on Android. It was bought by Automattic in 2021.