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by legitster 610 days ago
I think there's a realistic future where Matt steps away and things go back to being okay. As we've learned, the Foundation is intrinsically integrated with himself and Automattic. And the backdoors they have into authentication and plugins and etc are deeper than we expected.

Matt would basically have to sell the company and the only buyer would be... cough cough ... private equity!
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runjake 610 days ago
> the Foundation is intrinsically integrated with himself and Automattic

Don't you think Matt could de-integrate himself[1] with and achieve proper governance[2] of the Foundation, while retaining control of Automattic? I don't see the issue, there.

1. I think having Matt as a part of a properly-governed Foundation would be best.

2. "Proper governance" meaning one person can't go apeshit and single-handedly do crazy stuff like what has been happening.

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legitster 610 days ago
Again, I can only go from what I have read elsewhere in this mess (and Matt making the governance of the Foundation clear as mud doesn't help), but my understanding is that the Foundation is essentially staffed and directed by Automattic employees.

If they could hand it over to an independent board and reassign leadership duties, maybe?

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