The Future Divide: novatopflex.wordpress.com vs. novatopflex.com

novaTopFlex has just identified the novatopflex.com domain as a functional domain, and advertisements can now continue to proceed on the site served by Bluehost. From now on, expect novatopflex.wordpress.com to be the public-facing blog of public-facing personal interest, while novatopflex.com shall be the public-facing blog–and more–of business interest, predominantly focused on technology.

Mastodon has unveiled new hosting, moderation, and support services for the #Fediverse which could be a win/win for their business.

Could this turn #ActivityPub into something like what #WordPressorg has been doing successfully with websites for many years?

https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/19/mastodon-has-a-new-plan-to-make-money-hosting-and-support-services-for-the-open-social-web

I've just uploaded a free #wordpress plugin to #wordpressorg . I needed a decent 'back in stock' notification plugin for a #woocommerce wholesaler website, so I ended up building my own. If you find it useful let me know!

https://wordpress.org/plugins/stock-message-for-woocommerce/

Search Engine Journal: Automattic Turns Against WordPress Community Itself. “Automattic announced it is minimizing support for the WordPress.org CMS project, using words and phrases that present the withdrawal of support as a positive change to make WordPress stronger, while casting blame on WP Engine for its decision to minimize contributions.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/11/search-engine-journal-automattic-turns-against-wordpress-community-itself/

Yes, Pineapple On Pizza Is Great, But That’s Not The Point

https://wptavern.com/wordpress-org-login-introduces-mandatory-pineapple-pizza-checkbox

Seriously, how old are we? Instead of having people swear they have nothing to with WP Engine they now have to proclaim their love for pineapple on pizza before being let into WordPress.org. WTAF! Come on!

In other news State of the Word happened in Japan this AM. It was 4am eastern so I didn’t attend. But Matt Medeiros has a good write up here.

#checkBox #pineapples #pizza #stupidity #wordpressOrg

Hvordan funger dette? Har man en eller annen økonomisk tilknytning til WP Engine hvis organisasjonen man jobber for indirekte via noen ledd er kunde hos WP Engine?

#WordPress #WordPressOrg #WPEnginge