[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".

[CydeWeys]

WordPress runs 25% of all websites. That is huge. You're trying to trivialize it as being "just one project" when it's really one of the most widely used and significant projects out there. One decision that WordPress makes is worth tens of thousands of decisions from much smaller projects that aren't used very widely. WordPress is a many billion dollar a year industry in itself, and whether it uses React or not will directly contribute to many thousands of web developers out there learning it or not.

[kahnpro]

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

[orf]

And yet a project can die before it's born