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WordPress Contributors and Community Leaders Call for Governance Reform in Rare Open Letter

therepository.emailWordPress Contributors and Community Leaders Call for Governance Reform in Rare Open LetterA group of WordPress contributors, including long-time core committers and community leaders, has issued a rare call for changes to the governance of the open-source project. The group is urging…

Piccia Neri

@piccianeri.com

Echoing what a friend just told me: it would be great if there was a way for other people to sign this call and really show where the community at large wants to go next.

13/12/24, 1:37 pm0 reposts8 likes

Ipstenu (Mika E.) 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🖖

@ipstenu.org

13 Dec 2024

The problem many people have is fear of retaliation if they are found to have signed this. Given what happened to get here with WPE, I can’t say they’re wrong.

Piccia Neri

@piccianeri.com

13 Dec 2024

Yes, I totally get it. Folks are fearing for their livelihoods. I moved my sites from an A8c owned server because I feared retaliation for being a dissident, even though I am a total nobody of course – definitely in the "Sorry, who are you?" category for him, but still, wouldn't put it past him.

Ipstenu (Mika E.) 🏳️‍🌈 🇨🇦 🖖

@ipstenu.org

13 Dec 2024

I was job hunting and had to consider how close to the disaster I wanted to be