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Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash
Members of the fledgling WordPress Sustainability Team have been left reeling after WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg abruptly dissolved the team this week—an action prominent tech journalist Kara Swisher has described as "bizarrely heinous behavior."
“(For example, is it worth talking about the climate impact of WordPress, or instead should we just have really great performance metrics and try to optimize our code as much as possible, and focus on that efficiency. The team had also been working with GoDaddy’s Courtney Robertson and Automattic’s Hari Shanker on the WordPress contribution health dashboards initiative. “These efforts were crucial in establishing social and economic sustainability for WordPress and its community and I remain committed to advancing these initiatives,” Robertson said.
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