Automattic
What the hell is happening at Automattic?
The WordPress.com company is selling posts from that site and Tumblr to AI companies â while its CEO scraps with a banned user online. Which is⌠fine?
Blogging
The problem with Automatticâs 100 year plan
Many bloggers and web creators want their work to persist after their death. But can they really pay $38,000?
local journalism
Facebook's donations won't save local journalism, but better CMSes just might
This week, Facebook has joined Google in throwing millions at the local news business. Is this really going to help the industry recover - or should we bee looking elsewhere?
Automattic
Why you should (still) blog
A blog is a bet on the long-term value of your content [http://lucasartoni.com/2016/02/02/why-do-i-blog/] Luca Sartoni on why he still blogs: > Social Networking Sites come and go. In ten years from now, Facebook will be different from what we are used now, itâs
Automattic
Automattic & a student journalist sue PR for DCMA takedown damages
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, is teaming with a student journalist to sue a âStraight Rightsâ organisationâs press officer for abusing the DMCA takedown process [http://torrentfreak.com/wordpress-demands-10000-dmca-takedown-abuse-140615/]: > Hotham wrote an article about âStraight Pride UKâ which included a comment he received from the organizationâs
Automattic
Automattic backs WordPress bloggers in court
Parker Higgins [http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2013/12/wordpress-goes-to-court-to-defend-censored-bloggers/] : > The blogging platform WordPress.com has taken the unusual â and welcome â step of going to court to defend its users against bogus copyright claims aimed at silencing their speech on the platform. Automattic, WordPressâs parent company, has joined
Automattic
Nice upgrade to VaultPress
Wow. This will make life so much easier for those whose sites get hackedâŚ
Automattic
Le Web: Automattic and the virtual workplace
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/12/IMG_9794-Version-2.jpg] The Ignite talk at Le Web Iâm most interest in:Sara Rosso [http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1092662] from Automattic [http://automattic.com/] No-one is inspired by a cubicle-filled office. But weâre
Automattic
WordPress, Six Apart silences and communities
The company that was Six Apart is gone. The name and Movable Type are ensconced in Japan [http://blog.saymedia.com/2011/01/movable-type-finds-new-home-at-infocom.html], Vox is dead and Typepad is part of SAY Media. It seems an appropriate time for a post-mortem, and thatâs just what former Typepad
Automattic
The WordPress Attack, Competition and Blogging Innovation
John Gruber mused [http://daringfireball.net/linked/2009/09/05/wordpress-attack] : > I have to wonder when WordPress users will start switching to some other platform. Thereâs a reason itâs not happening. They canât. There are no good alternatives for a less technical user who wants to
Automattic
Automattic acquires Intense Debate
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2008/09/intensedebate-automattic_blog.png] An e-mail was waiting for me when I got home, announcing that [Automattic has acquired Intense Debate](http://www.intensedebate.com/blog/2008/09/23/automattic-acquires-intensedebate/). For those not familiar with it, [Intense Debat](http://www.
akismet
Aksimet: Too Enthusiastic in Spamming Comments?
Darren of Problogger finally articulates something that has been bothering me for a while: [Aksimet](http://akismet.com), Automatticâs comment spam filtering system, seems to be [throwing up a lot of false positives](http://www.problogger.net/archives/2008/05/27/my-love-hate-relationship-with-akismet/) of late.Iâve been using Akismet