In reply to Rasmus.

I'm not sure what Matt Mullenweg's thoughts are on the future of theming -- I haven't talked to him. The above are my own. If did not like the direction that theming is headed, I would simply say so. And, I absolutely call out things I do not like. My past posts are littered with such thoughts.

I am a core user of WordPress and have been for over 16 years now. I do not feel alienated. I have never tried Squarespace. If its tools are anything like what WordPress is building, that's pretty cool. I love the overall direction of the project. Maybe it is the romantic in me that wants to give more power to the common people and remove the barrier to entry to website design. I am OK with that. I would rather WordPress aspire to break down those walls than only cater to one specific crowd or another.

But, honestly, I do not even know what the definition of a "core user" is anymore. WordPress powers over 40% of the top 10 million websites on the web. There is no singular definition for a core user.