In reply to Julian Montague.

Julian, if you have followed this website through the years, you will have noticed that Sarah’s journalism has been flawless and never in favour of any of the parties mentioned.

If you read the article, you will further have noticed that this particular initiative around Automattic’s press page began with a conversation between Monica Ohara and myself. I have no professional ties to Automattic and never had. I @-mentioned Monica on LinkedIn because I had looked up who might me in charge of marketing at Automattic. Sarah wasn’t part of the conversation at that point. Once Monica had informed me about the new press page, I notified Sarah about what had happened because I thought it might be newsworthy, and she was kind enough to break the story to the Tavern audience – seeking comments from both, myself and Monica, as any self-respecting journalist would do.

Personally, I think your comment is completely pointless and your speculations about a conflict of interest on Sarah’s end not only lack any evidence whatsoever, but are mindblowingly inappropriate given her immaculate, years-long record as a WordPress journalist.

Be a cynic as much as you like, but please don’t expect me to tolerate you trying to drag the reputation of one of the most accomplished writers this community is lucky to have through the mud.