Comments on: A Disappearing Community http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:32:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: that girl again http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17509 that girl again Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:40:19 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17509 <blockquote>I’m just wondering why you’re all still using WP and, even more, why you’re still bitching about this, then :)</blockquote> Oh my God, what a stunningly original counter-argument! I've <em>never</em> heard that one before. While I'm waiting for Habari to go 1.0, I think that dissenting voices are an essential part of a healthy community. Not of course that I am arguing that WP is a healthy community. That's sort of why it needs the dissenting voices ;)

I’m just wondering why you’re all still using WP and, even more, why you’re still bitching about this, then :)

Oh my God, what a stunningly original counter-argument! I’ve never heard that one before.

While I’m waiting for Habari to go 1.0, I think that dissenting voices are an essential part of a healthy community. Not of course that I am arguing that WP is a healthy community. That’s sort of why it needs the dissenting voices ;)

]]> By: shep http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17508 shep Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:06:45 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17508 the product, even with it's many flaws, is still the best to fulfill my needs. i have absolutely no brand loyalty though and i think people who blindly follow a brand to be, well, stupid. Trust me, as soon as something that can meet those needs comes along, i'm off of WP and won't ever look back. the product, even with it’s many flaws, is still the best to fulfill my needs. i have absolutely no brand loyalty though and i think people who blindly follow a brand to be, well, stupid. Trust me, as soon as something that can meet those needs comes along, i’m off of WP and won’t ever look back.

]]> By: Ozh http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17507 Ozh Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:56:55 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17507 I'm just wondering why you're all still using WP and, even more, why you're still bitching about this, then :) I’m just wondering why you’re all still using WP and, even more, why you’re still bitching about this, then :)

]]> By: Dr. Mike Wendell http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17503 Dr. Mike Wendell Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:13:31 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17503 <blockquote>Some of the volunteers that helped out in the forums have even been asked to leave by Matt and company.</blockquote> They were only asked in Matt's mind. Most of us found access to the forums blocked and our accounts turned off and marked as inactive. Please kindly do not give weight to Matt's view on the problem. It only exists in his mind. Problems with Akismet with key no longer working and being marked as spam are well known for these folks. He's also fallen to using racist and bigoted comments against some of the former forum volunteers. Don't forget that he continues to say that you can email him if there's an issue but he refuses to have any sort of discussion on the way he treats his volunteers. he'll tell the public and media that he is open and reachable but this is far from the truth. There exists example after example where he goes running off and calling folks "rats" instead of responding to complaints. Toni is the same way and refuses to respond to complaints about Matt and other employees.

Some of the volunteers that helped out in the forums have even been asked to leave by Matt and company.

They were only asked in Matt’s mind. Most of us found access to the forums blocked and our accounts turned off and marked as inactive. Please kindly do not give weight to Matt’s view on the problem. It only exists in his mind. Problems with Akismet with key no longer working and being marked as spam are well known for these folks. He’s also fallen to using racist and bigoted comments against some of the former forum volunteers.

Don’t forget that he continues to say that you can email him if there’s an issue but he refuses to have any sort of discussion on the way he treats his volunteers. he’ll tell the public and media that he is open and reachable but this is far from the truth. There exists example after example where he goes running off and calling folks “rats” instead of responding to complaints. Toni is the same way and refuses to respond to complaints about Matt and other employees.

]]> By: shep http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17502 shep Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:54:45 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17502 more people doesn't necessarily equal a community. There are thousands of WP users who don't participate. Just because they use the product doesn't mean they are active in the community. WP has gone from a place where the community was the deciding factor to a place where business and Matt's personal beliefs make the decisions, no matter what the community thinks. That has become quite obvious over the past year or so. more people doesn’t necessarily equal a community. There are thousands of WP users who don’t participate. Just because they use the product doesn’t mean they are active in the community. WP has gone from a place where the community was the deciding factor to a place where business and Matt’s personal beliefs make the decisions, no matter what the community thinks. That has become quite obvious over the past year or so.

]]> By: Ozh http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/2008/04/a-disappearing-community/#comment-17497 Ozh Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:00:50 +0000 http://www.mikeschepker.com/blog/?p=681#comment-17497 The thing is, more probably, *you* have disappeared from the community and don't know where it is. There are dozens of sites with 1000+ readers that publish about new themes or new plugins on a regular basis. There has always been http://wp-plugins.net/ to host your plugins (which is, btw, syndicated hourly on planetwordpress.planetozh.com, another 1000+ readers site) Clearly, the community of WP users and WP makers (plugin & theme coders) is simply bigger and more active than ever. The thing is, more probably, *you* have disappeared from the community and don’t know where it is. There are dozens of sites with 1000+ readers that publish about new themes or new plugins on a regular basis. There has always been http://wp-plugins.net/ to host your plugins (which is, btw, syndicated hourly on planetwordpress.planetozh.com, another 1000+ readers site)

Clearly, the community of WP users and WP makers (plugin & theme coders) is simply bigger and more active than ever.

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