Comments on: WordPress Scandal Update

By: someone

someone — Thu, 07 Apr 2005 06:41:22 +0000

i know for a fact that chad did not do this. he was blamed for something he didnt do. i dont know him but he has probably lost everything he had because the person who is actually to be put for blame cant come out and admit it. shame on you. im with chad on this one.

By: Chad Jones

Chad Jones — Mon, 04 Apr 2005 20:09:32 +0000

Hi, I’m Chad Jones from HotNacho.

I did not claim 168,000 articles, that is just an example of how conjecture soon becomes fact on the internet. Although not as exciting as scandal, I’ve posted my apology and explanation at hotnacho.com for those interested.

http://hotnacho.com/wordpress-fracas/

Regards,
Chad

By: Michael G. Cohen

Michael G. Cohen — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:58:00 +0000

I have to side with you on this one and I definately fall on Mattâ€™s side (especially due to the blatent honesty in his posts to explain his position).

Though there were plenty of things Matt might have have done differently, he got blindsided on this one.

My own personal thoughts are that the Waxy.org story while being sensationalist is nothing more than that. It certainly is not any sort of investigative journalism. Though I wonder about the huge difference in numbers between what Matt claims (1000+ articles) and HotNacho which claims 168,000. Its not like splitting the difference brings the two much closer.

I guess the point for me is that Matt is fortunate in that WordPress has received much love to date. However as the owner/operator, he is a tech guy who now needs to realize he is running a business with a dedicated and easily aggitated community. Those who are the greatest evangelists of your products can also lead to its quickest demise.

I have actually managed to turn this little â€œscandalâ€ into a three part series on my blog. Part I is up, with Parts II and III later today. Itâ€™s like my own little ABC Mini-Seriesâ€¦I wonder who will play me?

By: Wordpress SEO fallout | K-Squared Ramblings

Wordpress SEO fallout | K-Squared Ramblings — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:28:09 +0000

[...] ion, tracked down an Internet connection in Italy and posted a preliminary response to the “villagers with torches and pitchforks”. Waxy.org has also posted [...]

By: Dougal

Dougal — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:27:17 +0000

Ozh, thanks for letting me know about that. I had ‘-online’ in my blacklist, so the Referer from Matt’s post title of ‘back-online’ was triggering the block.

By: Ozh

Ozh — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:25:54 +0000

Dougal, what about this idea ? (btw, coming from Matt's site, using link of your trackback here, denies access.)

By: geek ramblings » The WordPress/HotNacho SEO Debacle

geek ramblings » The WordPress/HotNacho SEO Debacle — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 16:03:54 +0000

[...] is as “polite”, people have chosen to view it as “sneaky”. “Et tu, BrutÃ¨?”

Update: There are now responses from Matt and HotNacho, the hidden links and content a [...]

By: The War on Spam

The War on Spam — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

WordPress Scandal Update Matt â€œscum of the earthâ€ Mullenweg, vacationing in a not-very-wired portion of Italy, finally got wind of all the villagers with torches and pitchforks who have been searching for him. I have close to a thousand emails and countless blog posts