I'm a long-time user of Wordpress, but I don't consider myself "in" the "community." (For example, I didn't even know that Joost had taken that position.)

BUT – as someone who has worked in a variety of roles in organizations, big and small, that post by Joost says a lot. "I was called a leader, but I wasn't actually in leadership." Yep, many of us have experienced this, and it is incredibly frustrating.

Good for Joost for naming it. I hope that whomever is IN leadership listens – especially before they put someone else in "leadership" without actually putting them in leadership.