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Matt Mullenweg is unbanning anyone ever banned from Wordpress.org

12 pointsby archy_25 days ago

3 comments

legitster25 days ago
A related blogpost from the .org: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wordpress.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2025&#x2F;04&#x2F;jubilee&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wordpress.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;2025&#x2F;04&#x2F;jubilee&#x2F;</a> Jubilee is probably a reference to the Old Testament concept of a Year of Jubilee where all debts are forgiven and everything is returned to their ancestral owners.<p>But this also sounds like a classic Mullenweg oscillation&#x2F;overreaction at this point - instead of unbanning just the people whom he banned in pettiness, he would rather make a massive ordeal of it.
archy_25 days ago
Seemingly this is for any reason, though whether this will be applied consistently remains to be seen.<p>I have to wonder if this is in response to the lawsuit from WP Engine over being banned, in a &quot;fine, I&#x27;ll unban everyone and we&#x27;ll see how much you like it then&quot; way.
rsynnott24 days ago
Well, this seems like an extremely bad idea.