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Dan Q<p>"I know that losing your job was hard," my 8-year-old said to me this evening, "So you can borrow this." He handed me his newest soft toy.</p><p>"It'll help you feel better when you're sad. Keep him for the week."</p><p>😭</p><p><a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/note" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>note</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automattic</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a></p><p>Via: 🔗 <a href="https://danq.me/2025/04/08/26282/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">danq.me/2025/04/08/26282/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
lqdev<p>Gen Z Leading Tumblr Revival <a href="https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tumblr</span></a> <a href="https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automattic</span></a> <a href="https://toot.lqdev.tech/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://www.luisquintanilla.me/feed/gen-z-tumblr-revival?utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">luisquintanilla.me/feed/gen-z-</span><span class="invisible">tumblr-revival?utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
Anders_S<p><strong>Storföretagens entré</strong></p> Storföretagens entré. Det första kommersiella storföretag som intresserade sig för Fediversum var Facebooks ägare Meta. De lanserade ett alternativ till X (Twitter) under 2023 som de kallar Threads. Vid starten deklarerade de också att de skulle utvecklas stöd för ActivityPub i programvaran. Detta besked har vållat en massa diskussion i Fediversum och ett initiativ togs för att blockera Threads redan innan det implementerat ActivityPub. Initiativet som kallas Fedipact lanserades […] <p><a href="https://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/storforetagens-entre/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/st</span><span class="invisible">orforetagens-entre/</span></a></p>
George Hotelling<p>WP Engine should offer free <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> hosting for a year to people laid off by <a href="https://a2mi.social/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automattic</span></a> yesterday, since they're no longer getting free hosting from .com.</p>
Alda Vigdís<p>The biggest surprise to me about the current <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> layoffs isn't the scale of it or that they're discriminating against those that were older than 40 — it's that there was a QA team.</p>
Calishat<p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> </p><p>'Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals.'</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/word</span><span class="invisible">press-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>TechCrunch: WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff. “Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/techcrunch-wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/03/techcrunch-wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/</a></p>
Daniel Schildt<p>Company behind WordPress just fired a lot of people:</p><p>“Automattic declined to confirm this number but we’re hearing the exact number was 281.”</p><p>“The layoffs include some longtime employees who have been with the company for north of a decade, we understand.”<br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/wordpress-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/word</span><span class="invisible">press-maker-automattic-lays-off-16-of-staff/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a></p>
Dan Q<p>Apparently Automattic are laying off around one in six of their workforce. And I'm one of the unlucky ones.</p><p>Anybody remote hiring for a UK-based full-stack web developer (in a world that doesn't seem to believe that full-stack developers exist anymore) with 25+ years professional experience, specialising in PHP, Ruby, JS, HTML, CSS, devops, and about 50% of CMSes you've ever heard of (and probably some you haven't)... with a flair for security, accessibility, standards-compliance, performance, and DexEx?</p><p>CV at: <a href="https://danq.me/cv/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">danq.me/cv/index.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/note" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>note</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>automattic</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/memorable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memorable</span></a> <a href="https://m.danq.me/tags/employment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employment</span></a></p><p>Via: 🔗 <a href="https://danq.me/2025/04/02/redundant/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">danq.me/2025/04/02/redundant/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Journal: Mullenweg Considers Delaying WordPress Releases Through 2027. “A leaked WordPress Slack chat shows that Matt Mullenweg is considering limiting future WordPress releases to just one per year from now through 2027 and insists that the only way to get Automattic to contribute more is to pressure WP Engine to drop their lawsuit. One WordPress developer who read that message […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/search-engine-journal-mullenweg-considers-delaying-wordpress-releases-through-2027/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/14/search-engine-journal-mullenweg-considers-delaying-wordpress-releases-through-2027/</a></p>
apfeltalk :verified:<p>Pocket Casts: Web-, Mac- und Windows-Apps jetzt kostenlos zugänglich<br>Pocket Casts, eine der bekanntesten Plattformen für das Hören und Verwalten von Podcasts, bietet ab sofort seine Web-, Mac- und Windows-Apps für alle Nutzer kostenlos an. Diese Entscheidung <br><a href="https://www.apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/pocket-casts-web-mac-und-windows-apps-jetzt-kostenlos-zugaenglich/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/pock</span><span class="invisible">et-casts-web-mac-und-windows-apps-jetzt-kostenlos-zugaenglich/</span></a><br><a href="https://creators.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/MacApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacApp</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/OpenRSSPodcasting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenRSSPodcasting</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/PocketCasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PocketCasts</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/PocketCastsPlus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PocketCastsPlus</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/PodcastsKostenlos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PodcastsKostenlos</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/WebPlayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebPlayer</span></a> <a href="https://creators.social/tags/WindowsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsApp</span></a></p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p>Recent experience: <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a>: refuses to remove <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> and fails to remove copyright violations despite DMCA reports. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a>: refuses to remove disinformation but claims it will disable or remove copyright infringements ‘soon’ (as of March 6) but has failed to do so to date.<br> I guess they only help big companies āe.</p>
Darnell Clayton :verified:<p>If this is true then only <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@wordpressdotcom/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wordpressdotcom</span></a></span> would receive updates while the rest of the <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> community withers. </p><p>👉🏾 <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@photomatt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photomatt</span></a></span> Considers Delaying WordPress Releases Through 2027 <a href="https://www.searchenginejournal.com/mullenweg-considers-delaying-wordpress-releases-through-2027/541821/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">searchenginejournal.com/mullen</span><span class="invisible">weg-considers-delaying-wordpress-releases-through-2027/541821/</span></a></p><p>I am not a lawyer or time traveler, but from Matt’s odd statements, it appears that <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/WPEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WPEngine</span></a> may actually win their lawsuit against <a href="https://one.darnell.one/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a>.</p><p>Matt on the other hand is “cutting off his nose to spite his face” with these measures, which is baffling honestly.</p>
malte<p>Any ActivityPub/Wordpress wizards out there? When I post a blog to AP and people like or boost it on Mastodon and other places, I need to manually accept those interactions from the Wordpress interface. I can understand comments need to be accepted to avoid spam on the blog. But what's the purpose of the other stuff? <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/Wordpress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wordpress</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://radikal.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a></p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p>That’s now two pages reported to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> for DMCA violations. Since they failed to act on the first, I doubt they will suddenly grow a backbone for the second. But it’s a US tech firm, so obviously you can’t trust them to honour their own terms and processes.</p>
Jack Yan (甄爵恩)<p>Late last year, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> refused to remove a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> post about me. I have filed a very routine DMCA complaint about a very obvious violation hosted by them. This has also been ignored.</p>
Creator News<p>Tumblr has financially backed Tapestry, an app launched earlier this month designed to let you organize feeds across the Fediverse, Bluesky, Tumblr, etc. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SocialMedia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Automattic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Automattic</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Tumblr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tumblr</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Bluesky" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bluesky</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CreatorNews" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreatorNews</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SocialMediaNews" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMediaNews</a><br><br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/tumblr-backs-tapestry-a-timeline-app-for-the-open-social-web/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tumblr backs Tapestry, a timel...</a></p>
Alexander S. Kunz<p>My WordPress powered website is now free of the Jetpack plugin. 💪 </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WordPress</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Jetpack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Jetpack</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PageSpeed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PageSpeed</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Webmaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webmaster</span></a></p>
Tim Zee<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ricmac" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ricmac</span></a></span> Interestingly, Tumblr seems headed to the fediverse. <br>That may make it more attractive. <br>After Tumblr's disastrous experience with Yahoo and Verizon, it has done a bit better under Automattic. </p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumb</span><span class="invisible">lr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tumblr</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blogging</span></a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>"<a href="https://mato.social/tags/Automattic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Automattic</span></a> confirmed to TechCrunch that when the migration is complete, every <a href="https://mato.social/tags/Tumblr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tumblr</span></a> user will be able to federate their blog via <a href="https://mato.social/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a>…the migration could also allow for other <a href="https://mato.social/tags/openweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openweb</span></a> integrations, like giving Tumblr users a way to run other custom plug-ins or themes.<br>Automattic declined to share a time frame as to when the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>migration</span></a> would be complete, given its scale, but a rep for the company called the progress so far “exciting.”<br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumblr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/02/11/tumb</span><span class="invisible">lr-to-join-the-fediverse-after-wordpress-migration-completes/</span></a></p>
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