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Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by NetOpWibby on Saturday October 12, 2024 @03:59PM (#41821997)
Matt has been busy being a tool https://bullenweg.com/

I feel for everyone that uses Wordpress.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by LeoPanthera on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:45PM (#41822407)
Why on earth is Matt’s nosebleed on this? Making fun of peoples medical issues is tasteless, and makes me wonder about the motivation behind the rest of the page.
Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by varun_chopra on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:55PM (#41822482)
Agreed. For context, Matt posted the following on the original video:

> Around 20 minutes in, my nose started bleeding, which sometimes happens when I travel too much. Prior to this interview, I was on 30+ hour flights returning from Durban, where I was on safari, to Houston. I'm sorry for not noticing it happening; it's very embarrassing.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by ValentineC on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:06PM (#41822596)
Matt gave his reply on the nosebleed 6 hours ago.

It was first brought up in r/Wordpress 17 hours ago.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by bigiain on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:49AM (#41825518)
Which is kinda exactly the thing people say while in the middle of irrational behavior and psychotic episodes brought on by cocaine abuse.

That _might_ not be what's doing on. But it's entirely plausible given <waves hands around at everything>

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by bullenweg on Saturday October 12, 2024 @04:58PM (#41822507)
The inclusion of the nosebleed is not to make fun of Matt, it is to highlight something relevant to the medical issues that people have speculated about. The motivation is to bring to light Matt's wide-ranging exploits in one place, given it is abnormal for someone involved in high-profile litigation to spend their time arguing on Hacker News, Reddit, Twitter and live streams.
Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by jzb on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:30PM (#41822826)
People are signaling to you that this particular thing crosses a line. You'd do well to heed that and take that part out. Speculating on his health / insinuating things undermines the points you're trying to make.
Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by neilv on Saturday October 12, 2024 @08:06PM (#41823937)
> People are signaling to you that this particular thing crosses a line.

It's a contagious theme.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by bullenweg on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:40PM (#41822916)
Matt doesn't appear to have a problem with the website ("It actually is an excellent website"[1]). Please create a Pull Request with any changes you think necessary.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41821837

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by chiefalchemist on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:19PM (#41823614)
In the context of man off the rails, wrecking careers and reputations, etc. the nose bleed is a possible signal. It's not something to be ignored, again based on the context.

Frankly, it would explain a lot. Cause as it is, it's baffling.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by CPLX on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:09PM (#41822623)
They are making a not-subtle insinuation that he’s engaging in stimulant drug abuse.

How that relates to an executive engaged in sudden extremely aggressive and over the top and highly personal scorched earth attack campaign over what appear to be fairly routine open source community squabbles is left as an exercise for the reader.

Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by Shekelphile on Saturday October 12, 2024 @05:15PM (#41822684)
He's never really been a good person or savvy in general and IMO people put him on pedestal before recently. This is the guy who bought tumblr and hasn't done anything of merit with it after all.
Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by ChocolateGod on Saturday October 12, 2024 @07:12PM (#41823556)
I thought Tumblr given its 'content' is beyond any redemption.
Re:The ACF plugin on the WordPress directory has been taken ... by Shekelphile on Saturday October 12, 2024 @10:29PM (#41824692)
Not saying turning it back into a porn platform would have been the best move in the long-term but I think it would have at least made more sense than whatever he's done with it since acquiring it.