[Brandon]

WTFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Matt Mullenweg’s latest royal stab in the back, he has apparently agreed to sell user data from Tumblr.com and possibly other WordPress related services too. Insane

https://lifehacker.com/tech/tumblr-and-wordpress-are-selling-your-data-to-ai-companies

[Maria]

Allegedly selling your data to Midjourney.

https://mashable.com/article/tumblr-wordpress-selling-user-data-openai-mirjourney

[Brandon]

It’s for WordPress.com I think, not for the open source WordPress code

[Ronald]

It’s for WordPress.com I think, not for the open source WordPress code

is that supposed to make anyone feel better???

[Bruce]

Link to the source of this journalism, 404 Media, not the f****t corporate platforms that plagiarize content from independent bloggers!!

https://www.404media.co/tumblr-and-wordpress-to-sell-users-data-to-train-ai-tools/

Tumblr and wordpress.com allegedly selling user data to Midjourney and OpenAI, raises concerns over data privacy.

[Jacob]

never heard of 404 Media. how did they obtain this knowledge?

[Lauren]

f**k off Matt. retire already.

[Elizabeth]

Mullenweg is the biggest douchebag, the most spineless “leader”, and the most pathetic loser in the modern web development scene. Just fumble after fumble. No fresh ideas, no innovation, no ability to lead, no clear morals or values. Just a follower. Always a follower.

“hey look guys” he squeaks at the Automattic Zoom meeting, “we can copy what Reddit is doing! maybe one day, Automattic can IPO!”

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/tumblr-wordpress-reportedly-following-reddit-in-selling-user-data-to-ai-companies-2558687/

[Theresa]

This is very disturbing if true.

[James]

never heard of 404 Media. how did they obtain this knowledge?

It was leaked to 404 Media, most likely by Automattic employees who were pissed off. This might be a watershed moment, as historically Matt’s gang of beta-male soyjacks have never crossed him, but recent events might have finally changed that

source: https://medium.com/@byteswift/leak-reveals-tumblr-and-wordpress-plans-to-sell-user-data-to-train-ai-models-5222639ccf30

[Heather]

in the words of the Lifehacker article “It might be time to retire those old blogs, people.”

no s**t.

[Anthony]

I didn’t know anyone still used Tumblr tbh…

[Christopher]

Matt Mullenweg trash talking FOSS contributors on Twitter

[Julie]

Did they go through with this???

[Russell]

Yes they did. You have to manually opt-out on Tumblr.com settings if you want:

https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/28/24085546/tumblrs-ai-opt-out-feature-is-live

https://www.tumblr.com/cloudmancy/743516181293662208/psa-go-into-your-settings-now-to-prevent-tumblr

[Keith]

Matt Mullenweg strikes again. The enemy of the open web.

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