[georgestephanis]

John is a pompous jerk who likes to misinterpret half-truths, scream persecution, and then block people when called out rather than admit fault. And if ever called on it he silently deletes his tweets instead of acknowledging his actions or faults.

source: he blocked me years ago for precisely this. also, coincidentally, when he was screaming persecution once prior.

https://twitter.com/JohnONolan/status/605728714840797184 https://twitter.com/daljo628/status/606057031288647680 https://twitter.com/jcasabona/status/605946936659558402

Further examples of another tweet thread of his that he silently deleted after getting called out:

https://twitter.com/helenhousandi/status/286930024232267777 https://twitter.com/helenhousandi/status/286929096846499840 https://twitter.com/helenhousandi/status/286862020412858369

In short, pretty much anything that comes out of John's mouth is trolling, and should be given about as much credence.

[delhanty]

OK, fair enough.

I notice that you were working for Wordpress.com in May 2018 and had a run in with John O'Nolan on HN then.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17086661

Just disclosing that for you to put your comment in context.

[georgestephanis]

Oh hey I guess I did. Totally forgot about that.

You'll note:

* He says something factually wrong (`It does not run the open source codebase at all.`)

* I point out that he's factually wrong, and back it up.

* He dodges and insists he's right regardless.

Yup. True to form.