WordPress Foundation Launches Website

[andreasnrb]

By the way Andreas, how accurate do you think the answers to your questions are on this post lol.

http://wank.wordpress.com/2010/01/24...-founderation/

Hehe fun read. Well the questions were answered in accordance with the information we currently have ;). That was a interesting blog thanks for the introduction.

[Len]

I've been reading Wank for some time. I like it. It's great satire. Um ... I think it's satire?

[Len]

Anyway I also expect Matt et al to do good but that is no reason not to voice concerns or speculate about the future. Through the whole core plugin debacle it was obvious they hadn't thought about the stuff people were ranting about until Carl Hancook talked to Mark Jaquith. Same goes with the privacy conundrum and data retention policy.

Hehe --> Carl Hancook.

[Len]

Boy, don't I know this first hand. It's struck a chord with me and I'll try not to be the spark in the future to ignite such discussions. Or at least, word my statements better.

You do have a penchant for igniting firestorms.

[Ryan]

... I was also the one who started spreading the rumor that the foundation would be committee based with board members because that is what I was told by someone involved with the project. Someone that I trust very much.

So that's where I got that idea from! I hold you fully responsible for my misunderstanding :P

[Ryan]

<argh>It is the bane of my existence when people make categorical statements as if they are fact, when they are still just rumors/ideas/discussion topics. It's particularly frustrating when these statements are based on a game of telephone via twitter and something I've said at a WordCamp or in IRC or wherever gets twisted into something it's not. Words like "target," "maybe," "my own personal opinion," or "idea" are used for a reason, after all.</argh>

Don't stress :) You are a prominent figurehead in the world of WordPress. You are going to get misquoted no matter how hard you try to explicitly state things. I have this sort of crap happen all the time in another community project I'm heavily involved in. If you keep your head high and just plow along as normal, everything will be fine ... albeit I have fairly thick skin, so am not bothered too much by the occasional moron who thinks I'm doing something evil and wrong, despite never having anything to do with what they think I've been doing.

[chipbennett]

If you were in Matt's shoes, what would you have done? Just a question out of curiosity to explore better options if they exist.

Count me also in the camp that Matt's SABDFL approach is viable for the WordPress project.

But, with everything involved/inter-related - WordPress, wordpress.org, the wordpress.org theme/plugin repos, core plugins, Automattic, wordpress.com, akismet, polldaddy, gravatar, et al, WordCamps, etc. (and now, the WordPress Foundation) - it can't stay a one-man show in perpetuity.

Right now, Matt is: SABDFL of the WordPress project, owner and controller of wordpress.org, owner of Automattic, head of the WordPress Foundation, and public face of WordPress at WordCamps and elsewhere.

Long term, that kind of overload is untenable.

Eventually, Matt is going to have to decide which role or roles to fill, and pass the others off to others.

[ribonzz]

Nice, that site was been designed for a long time :D