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@aka_quant_noir You're a crook... You're a cheat and a swindler...! That's what you are! How can you do a thing like this?!

@Meyerweb I figured the whole thing was a joke, but just for kicks I looked at the actually login form...and they really did add the part about WP Engine?!?!? 🤦

@kelson seriously?! 🤦‍♂️🤯

So now because I work for an agency partner of WP Engine I am also banned. This is exactly why I'm leaving WordPress and the community!

#WordPress

@Meyerweb

@tim @kelson Yeah, so it would seem. Sorry, man. The whole thing just sucks.

@kelson@kvibber.com They really did. It’s the worst.

@Meyerweb the wp engine part being real nearly killed me from laughter

@Gaelan Yeah, sorry, everything is terrible.

@samiamsam Speaking as one: seriously, why are men.

@Meyerweb this is how i find out that the first tickbox is actually real

@Meyerweb I can’t believe that how I learn they did this. This is bonkers.

@Meyerweb
oooh that has huge hints of Stuart Semple's Black! (of which I have some Black 1 and Black 2.)

@Meyerweb Glad I wasn't the only one who thought this

@Meyerweb LOL, I thought you were kidding but that WP Engine reference does exist on the actual login page. This is childish, idiotic, insulting, hateful, and classic gatekeeping.

I get that there's a branding / license issue going on but .org is a GPL licensed project and should be treated with some respect.

@josephdickson Sorry you had to learn about it this way.

@Meyerweb no apology needed. Thank you, I'm glad I scrolled past your post and investigated further.

Rant: Admittedly I have not committed for two years. But, like many have put a lot of time and sweat into this project only to have Matt turn .org into his own personal fiefdom.

@Meyerweb OMG it gets worse... I can't log in unless I confirm an affiliation. This is unexceptable.

@clusterfcku @Meyerweb I need to read this in detail but ultimately I’m trying to decide if o should be taking any steps to make sure the last Wordpress site I have fingers in (self-hosted) has anything done to prevent shenanigans. Taking a backup seems merited if nothing else.

@Meyerweb @aardrian I love the closing, slightly desperate, slightly cheerful "remember me" checkbox

@Anneke @Meyerweb @aardrian
It's reminding me of Gigolo Joe's last words in _AI_: "Remember me! I am! I was!"

@Meyerweb This is excellent, and then you apologizing for it on every comment is also excellent

@kissane Lets users switch between Dark Mode and Ultra Dark Mode

@Meyerweb That last “Remember Me” is just creepy feeling.

@Meyerweb I read "Remember Me" in Mad Max Fury Road way

@Meyerweb This is poetry. Like you could post this next to the Ozymandias Sonnet and it would hold up

@vees This is poetry, code is poetry, therefore this is code

@Meyerweb the worst bit is when you realise that one of these is on the actual site!

@Tedspence @NanoRaptor This is easily the highest compliment I’ve gotten all year!

@Meyerweb gotta log in and use a fun pink and black colour scheme to really get Kapoor

@Meyerweb
Really bringing the small dick energy.

@enoch_exe_inc Ask Joe McCarthy, he’s the one who brought it up.

@Meyerweb @platypus BRB, repainting all my Red websites in Black 3.0

@Meyerweb Okay, now I can't ignore the storm anymore. What the hell have they (WP) done this time, time to look up what happened recently. 🫣

@Natanox I don’t recommend that, if we’re being honest.

@Meyerweb what is it with these egotistical ceos getting all snarky all of a sudden. must be something in the ketamine micro dosing

@Meyerweb I like how when you put, "Remember me," after all that it sounds like a last breath demand for revenge.

@Meyerweb

One explanation I can imagine for this is that #MattMullenweg’s penis might be, like, rice-grain sized, infuriating him with embarrassment. Or maybe he started doing loads of ketamine with Leon?