Ari Stathopoulos

I don’t disagree… Innovation is critical and necessary.

My problem is not with the feature or the theme itself.
The problem is the way this topic was presented publicly and socially.
The problem is with all the comments from people who don’t know or understand the implications of choices like this – or what a theme review entails and how critical it is if we want to ensure we don’t end up with 40% of the web hacked and botched.
The problem is that in social media comments (and comments in posts like this one), the themes team and its reviewers are often presented as villains who say no to good and innovative things.
I haven’t reviewed the theme or examined a single line of its code. I know it has a couple of good ideas, but without examining its code, nobody can say that it’s good or bad. That is the theme reviewer’s job, and I’m sure most of the people ranting haven’t even installed it or taken a look at it.
But as a former rep of the themes team, I can say with confidence that the reviewers are people under a tremendous amount of pressure, and the work they do is critical to the health of the ecosystem.
Instead of treating them with the respect they deserve, they face an angry mob and humiliation every time something like this happens.

I understand you want the theme in the repository. Everyone would… I too want it in the repository, because it’s a great idea! But I’m sure it could have been achieved more delicately, without all the WordPress drama.

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