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Scott Negativity: It may frustrate you, but a lot of people have “negative” things to say about WordPress, including web designers, developers, end users, etc. And not because they’re overall “negative” people or are unfairly attacking WordPress. But because WordPress, as even Matt agrees, has become too expensive and complicated for most people. And don’t forget, as popular as WordPress is, 70% or so of website owners still choose something else. Gutenberg: I haven’t seen an article or presentation that makes Gutenberg look like a “moonshot WordPress over its competition.” Most people seem to be confused by it, hate it, or still unaware of it. I think it’s more accurate to say that Gutenberg is an attempt by WordPress to not fall too far behind the competition. Whatever it is, it’s still an incomplete solution that doesn’t eliminate the fast growing market for 3rd party plugins like page builders (whether you love ’em or hate ’em). Competition: Are you referring to WordPress.org, WordPress.com, or both? Don’t you agree that the .org and .com versions are confusing to a lot of people and very bad branding? WordCamps: While these are popular events, they are basically rallies for people who make their living using WordPress. So I don’t see them as being truly representative of how the “world” views WordPress or Gutenberg. Thank you for “listening.”
Scott
Negativity: It may frustrate you, but a lot of people have “negative” things to say about WordPress, including web designers, developers, end users, etc. And not because they’re overall “negative” people or are unfairly attacking WordPress. But because WordPress, as even Matt agrees, has become too expensive and complicated for most people. And don’t forget, as popular as WordPress is, 70% or so of website owners still choose something else.
Gutenberg: I haven’t seen an article or presentation that makes Gutenberg look like a “moonshot WordPress over its competition.” Most people seem to be confused by it, hate it, or still unaware of it. I think it’s more accurate to say that Gutenberg is an attempt by WordPress to not fall too far behind the competition. Whatever it is, it’s still an incomplete solution that doesn’t eliminate the fast growing market for 3rd party plugins like page builders (whether you love ’em or hate ’em).
Competition: Are you referring to WordPress.org, WordPress.com, or both? Don’t you agree that the .org and .com versions are confusing to a lot of people and very bad branding?
WordCamps: While these are popular events, they are basically rallies for people who make their living using WordPress. So I don’t see them as being truly representative of how the “world” views WordPress or Gutenberg.
Thank you for “listening.”
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