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Matt Mullenweg: I feel jdevalk stabbed me when I was down, betrayed confidence

by JamesAdir on 2/8/25, 6:10 AM with 4 comments

• by opendomain on 2/8/25, 6:29 AM

  I gave the domain Wordpress.com to Matt 20 years ago. This domain is worth millions according to some estimators online, but I gave it to him for Free to support open source.

  He then sued me and I lost my job, my house, and almost my marriage.

  I do not think anyone could hate Matt more than I did. I went to therapy for years, but eventually learned forgiveness.

  I am confused about what is going on with Wordpress. It does look like Matt is acting like a dick.

  But I am not sure he is wrong.

  Matt may have a right to protect Wordpress - FOR THE COMMUNITY. It looks like Matt’s post is about being betrayed. I know how that feels.

  I love open source. I am confident that we will learn from this, and hopefully Wordpress community will be able to move on.