2 responses on “A chat with Matt Mullenweg: WordCamp US 2022 Q&A”

1. ibelong2u
   October 12, 2022 at 4:42 am | Reply

   Re: Plans to switch Tumblr to WordPress platform (@ 41 minute mark)

   Sharing my thoughts as a long time Tumblr user:

   I think Tumblr is really well positioned with its ability to “quickly” post, with current onboarding much easier than WordPress.com. I think Tumblr can be revived with focus on content discovery. But I worry that switching Tumblr to WordPress.com style publishing experience might nuke its userbase completely. It may be powered by the WordPress engine in the backend if that helps with the performance, but let’s leave the Tumblr’s user experience for publishers alone.

   In fact, I would propose a Tumblr-style experience to be introduced to WordPress.com as an option 🙂
2. Alex Sirota
   September 27, 2024 at 4:48 pm | Reply

   As long as people are editing in Word, Docs with direct interaction without much care to format/style, Gutenberg will have a constant coginitive dissonance. “Programming” content and using configuration to style content is non trivial cognitive load for the average person.

   Web designers and developers are going to need to be A LOT more thoughtful when using existing templates/patterns to allow “spot” editing in existing structures when starting content. That will make the experience much more friendly and actually even better than today. People LOVE templates and quick starting points, in general.