- Is Matt Mullenweg a good person?
- No.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a good developer?
- No.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a good manager?
- No.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a good entrepreneur?
- Yes and no.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a protector of open-source?
- No.
- You are wrong! Matt has been fighting the PE vultures to save WordPress!
- He’s been fighting to save his pockets and his failing company.
- You are wrong again! Matt said Automattic was in an amazing financial position!
- What else could he say?
- So you mean to say Matt was not telling the truth?
- Yes.
- That’s a lie!
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It is not:
2021: BlackRock invested in Automattic at a valuation of $7.5 billion.
2024 Q1: Company valued at $3.68 billion.
2024 Q4: Company valued at $3.31 billion.
2025 Q1: Company valued at $2.74 billion.
- Where did you find those numbers? I don’t trust you!
- They are public. Look them up.
- Who are BlackRock anyway? Matt says those investors are bad people!
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Not all!
Those that give money to Matt are good.
Those that give money to Matt’s competitors are bad.
- Did WP Engine pay you to make this website?
- We are not affiliated with WP Engine in any way, financially or otherwise.
- Why is Matt Mullenweg still the CEO of Automattic?
- Hard to say. We have a suspicion but we haven’t confirmed it.
- Why does Matt Mullenweg own wordpress.org?
- Historical accident.
- Why doesn’t he give wordpress.org to the community he loves?
- wordpress.org is a money printer.
- How do you know? Who told you that? You make stuff up again! This is not a serious website!
- We don’t know that for a fact. We know how much properties like wordpress.org are worth.
- Is there any part of the WordPress cluster of organizations that does not ultimately answer to Matt Mullenweg?
- We will work with colleagues on a response to your question. It’s a broad topic given how many facets there are to the WordPress community.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a dictator?
- Yes.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a benevolent dictator?
- No.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a philanthropist?
- Yes. Everyone knows that!
- Is Matt Mullenweg a misogynist?
- No. Matt Mullenweg treats all people the same.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a good manipulator?
- He is a manipulator. We don’t think he is a good one. He can even be counterproductively bad.
- Does Matt Mullenweg have shame?
- No.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a bully?
- Yes.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a coward?
- Yes.
- Is Matt Mullenweg a friend of the truth?
- No.
- Matt is not that kind of person!
- We all wish.
- What is the WordPress Founderation?
- Please learn how to spell!
- Why did Matt Mullenweg try to defraud Google?
- He was experimenting!
- How did Matt Mullenweg know which sites were leaving WP Engine?
- He collects data we should not collect.
- Is Matt’s life in danger?
- He has been threatened with rebooting.
- Should I spend $2M on a race car or do some philanthropy instead?
- We don’t offer financial advice.
- Should I try and learn JavaScript deeply?
- Maybe. But not from WordPress.
- How does Matt Mullenweg handle criticism?
- Poorly.
- Does Matt Mullenweg like ayahuasca?
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Research funded by Matt Mullenweg and other well-to-do people says ayahuasca helps you feel gratitude and be prosocial.
So, no.
You think we make this stuff up, aren’t you?
- What’s the story with Matt’s mum?
- We don’t go there.
- Does Matt Mullenweg have redeeming qualities?
- Our knowledge has limits.
- How do I view those receipts?
- You paste the path after the domain.