A lot of the early adoption of WordPress was actually from thousands and millions of individually hosted instances, so a lot of the people who ran WordPress were on their own. Matt Mullenweg adoptionearlyhost Change image and share on social
Whenever there's a new form of media, we always think it's going to replace the old thing, and it never does. We still have radio, however long after TV was introduced. Matt Mullenweg formintroducelong Change image and share on social
The center of gravity for an organization should be as close to what they make as possible. If you make cars, you need people in the factory. If you breed horses, be in the stable. If you make the Internet, live on the Internet, and use all the freedom and power it gives you. Matt Mullenweg breedcarcenter share on social
People might start with LiveJournal or Blogger, but if they get serious, they'll graduate to WordPress. We try to cater to the more powerful users. Matt Mullenweg bloggercatergraduate Change image and share on social
It seems like the web, particularly software as a service, provides ample opportunities for you to flourish economically, completely aligned with the broader open source community. Matt Mullenweg alignamplebroad Change image and share on social
There is no moderator or ombudsman online, and while the transparency of the web usually means that information is self-correcting, we still have to keep in mind the responsibility each of us carries when the power of the press is at our fingertips and in our pockets. Matt Mullenweg carrycorrectfingertip share on social
Has anyone ever said, 'I wish I could go to more meetings today'? Matt Mullenweg meetingtoday Change image and share on social
I don't think BuddyPress will be something you use instead of your existing social networks... but if you wanted to start something new maybe with more control, friendlier terms of service, or just something customized and tweaked to fit exactly into your existing site, then BuddyPress is a great framework to use. Matt Mullenweg buddypresscontrolcustomize share on social
I think it's really important for the independent web to have a platform, and to the extent that WordPress can serve that role, I think it's a great privilege and responsibility. Matt Mullenweg extentgreatimportant Change image and share on social
Sometimes you might feel blogs are like TV: You have a thousand channels, but nothing good is on. Matt Mullenweg blogchannelfeel Change image and share on social