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   Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 22:10:09 JST Chris Wiegman

   As I had still been logged in to .org I thought it time to update my profile.

   It is time to dump #WordPress. There are so many healthier projects out there for sites of all types and sizes.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 22:20:11 JST Chris Wiegman

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     Until July I had been in #WordPress for my entire tech career, having started really building with it in grad school.

     While it’s true that I had been trying to step away from it since at least 2017 or so when I realized just how toxic the “community” is, I had tried to at least support the efforts of good people trying to change things. I kept moderating the jobs site and kept building tools for developing with it right up until this fall.

     Now it’s clear the project doesn’t want change.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 22:22:02 JST Chris Wiegman

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     Perhaps, one day, the current implosion will force new leadership that actually cares about the values that the “community” and current leadership only virtue-signal. If that was to happen I might very well build with it again and maybe even recommend it. Until that point, however, it is dangerous to do so as I will not lead others into such a toxic environment.

     #WordPress

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 22:39:52 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Tom Larrow

     @TomLarrow Thank you.

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     Tom Larrow (tomlarrow@ohai.social)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 22:39:54 JST Tom Larrow

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     @chris from personal experience, it's tough when a piece of tech you have built a career on and identified with turns "sour"

     Wish I had better things to say other than the whole situation sucks, and I empathize with you

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:00:36 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

     @seth I won’t be holding my breath

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     Seth :rebel: :fist_raised: (seth@socl.bz)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:00:37 JST Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

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     @chris Here's hoping... right?

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:04:11 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

     @seth

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     Seth :rebel: :fist_raised: (seth@socl.bz)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:04:13 JST Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

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     @chris neither am I.

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     Chris Wiegman (chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:04:53 JST Chris Wiegman

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     • Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

     @seth

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     Seth :rebel: :fist_raised: (seth@socl.bz)'s status on Friday, 18-Oct-2024 23:04:54 JST Seth :rebel: :fist_raised:

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     @chris If you do you'd probably die. Oye!