RE: Bye bye Gravatar 21 ▲ Unattributed 68 days ago · Tech · hide · 4 comments The latest anti-feature from Automattic—now infecting Gravatar. Photo by: Unattributed, License: Copyright Unattributed. Licensed under Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. Happily Imperfect posted Bye bye Gravatar a short while ago, and I have to say, I've had a similar thought about deleting my account on there as well. My feelings towards WordPress and Automattic started changing some time ago, back when they introduced the Gutenberg editor. Ever since this “improvement” it's been a downhill slide for WordPress to the point where it's become an unusable mess in my opinion. I know a lot of people also think that Matt Mullenweg's recent statements about WordPress, open source, and other companies have been problematic. I reserve my opinions on those areas. Instead, I am judging the quality of the software and the services that are being produced. But there is an irony when it comes to Gravatar: even though it serves little purpose in and of itself, it does do one thing: it serves your… Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here. Gordon @snowgoon@mastodon.social 68 days ago [-] I didn't even spot the AI bit. Wow, BYE BYE indeed!! unattributed 𓂃✍︎ @unattributed@gotosocial.social 68 days ago [-] @snowgoon Funny part about that: I found that in real time as I was writing the post. I hadn't been in Gravatar for years…and I was actually happy (at first) to see they had upgraded the supported social sites, etc. Then I spotted the AI tab, and well… My reaction is in my post…lol. Jackie Plage @jac@social.lol 68 days ago [-] I tend to forget that Gravatar even exists these days, but wow!It’s really sad to see what’s become of WordPress / Automattic these days. unattributed 𓂃✍︎ @unattributed@gotosocial.social 68 days ago [-] @jac Automattic has been going downhill for years. I think Matt decided that having so many companies use the product meant that he should be getting a bigger piece of the pie. But, in the process, he's forgotten that it was the small, individual users that made WordPress and Automttic what they once were.
