[Rapzid]

Those websites weren't leaving, they never arrived..

[marksomnian]

They were close to arriving but they backtracked, all 25% of them. I'd call that an exodus before you even arrive.

[TeMPOraL]

If that's the definition then let me tell you about my exoduses from almost every country on the planet...

[madeofpalk]

...of sites that posted on HN.

Projects that I work(ed) on that use React have no plans to switch away and aren't represented in that 25%.

[marksomnian]

That's not what I meant.

25% of sites on the Internet run WordPress. WordPress was rewriting its editor in React, but decided to switch away due to BSD+Patents.

[madeofpalk]

Right so even then, its a bit weird to say that 25% of sites decided to not go with React, but actually 25% of sites (unknowingly) use software that decided not to go with React.

[rhizome]

You're splitting hairs to reduce the significance of WP's stance.

[ng12]

No, he's not. He's pointing out that calling it an "exodus" implies that many individual projects have decided to abandon React. In this context WordPress is just one project, not "25% of all websites".

[kahnpro]

You can't die if you were never alive to begin with

[orf]

And yet a project can die before it's born