sé reed 💙💛

"if we cannot organize beyond the bounds of our comfort zones, we will never build movements large enough to combat the forces that would destroy us."

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

At a certain point we all are subject to the collective fate of our time and place.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@James_Steward @ukboomers

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@James_Steward @ukboomers i can’t tell if anything you comment on is satire or not.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@Rando8L approved by whom? me?

he didn’t express empathy. that would involve talking about OTHERS’ feelings, not centering his own when he decided to fire 20% of them.

for example “this is a sad day for everyone at Wix.” same idea, less “poor little rich man”.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

this dude fired 20% of the people working for him and then said it’s a sad day _for him_.

the total lack of self-awareness in the tech oligarchy is continually astounding to me.

[Avishai Abrahami @Avishai_ab]

Sharing here the message I just sent to the whole Wix team:

Today is a sad day for me. We have made a very hard decision.

We are reducing the Wix team size by roughly 20%. It is one of the hardest decisions I have had to make, but I am confident it is the right one, and I will explain why.

Before I go into anything else, let me say - this is a very hard decision because I will be saying goodbye to many people who have worked with me for years, many whom I call friends, people I trust and respect, friends who poured their energy and talent into Wix. Team members I know personally, and team members I never had the chance to meet, but whose commitment and contribution I have witnessed.

So thank you. Thank you for the effort, for the talent, for the passion, and for the friendship.

We are doing this as a company-wide change, a decision that will impact the entire organization, driven by how we need to operate going forward.

Why are we doing this?
The first reason is the Shekel/Dollar rates. In the past few quarters the exchange rate between the Shekel and the US dollar has shifted significantly as the Israeli Shekel strengthens against the US Dollar almost every day. As the majority of our teams are Israel-based, a very meaningful portion of our costs are shekel-denominated, while our revenue is largely dollar-denominated. This creates a structural pressure on our ability to operate at our current scale. It is a reality that directly shapes what is sustainable for our company.

The second stems from the fast evolution of AI capabilities. We have witnessed the most significant shift in how companies are built since the invention of modern programming languages in the 1970s. This is not just about adopting new tools - it is about rewiring how companies are built, how they think, how they manage and how they operate. Companies that embrace this change will not only build faster; they will build things the previous generation literally could not have imagined.

We are already taking concrete steps in this direction. As you know, we've recently introduced new roles like Xengineer and Creators, designed from the ground up around AI-native ways of working, a meaningful step towards the kind of company we are becoming.

It also means we need to become a faster, leaner, and flatter organization. We are moving to a structure with fewer levels between any member of our leadership and the most junior person on the team. Fewer layers means faster decisions, clearer ownership, and less distance between the people setting direction and the people building the product - but it also means a smaller number of people.

It is clear to us that in this new era, companies need to make this change in order to lead and compete or risk falling behind.

We are choosing to compete.

It is a painful change, a change that touches the lives of many, but I truly believe we have no other choice - we must evolve.

To those of you who are being let go
I want to once more say: Thank you.

Those who are affected will be contacted in person, directly, and we will do everything in our power to handle each conversation with sensitivity, respect, and the care you deserve, you will also be granted personally curated separation packages.

Many of you have given years to this company and built things we are genuinely proud of. I am personally grateful for what you've created, for the culture you've shaped, and for the trust you placed in us. More than anything, this decision was about the shape of the company we need to become. We own that - and we own the responsibility of supporting all of you through what comes next.

To those of you who are staying
What happens in the next few days matters. The people leaving this company are your colleagues, your friends, people you've built things with. They deserve to walk out of here with their heads held high, knowing that their work was real and that we recognize it. Please treat them with the respect they've earned. How we say goodbye says as much about who we are, as anything we've ever built together.

Our broader commitment
Before anything else, our commitment is to our users - to make the hard decisions so Wix continues to be the company that helps them succeed. We work for our users.

Millions of people run their businesses on Wix. Their world is also changing, also uncertain, also shaped by the current shifts. They rely on us - our reliability, our innovation, and our commitment to their success.

The responsibility does not stop with our users - behind every Wix shareholder is a real person whose savings, pension, or investment is tied to how we perform. We take this responsibility very seriously.

If we do not make this change, we will be failing our responsibility to our users, our shareholders, and our employees. In the long run, what is best for our users is best for our employees and best for our shareholders.

Today's decision was made to ensure we are here for our users and our shareholders, you among them, stronger and more capable, for years to come. We are doing this today because we are committed to building a company that is healthy, durable, and positioned to lead.

We will come out of this faster, stronger and better equipped for this new era.

Avishai

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@JamesWelbes he should have not centered his own feelings.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@wax_cache @Avishai_ab

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

the societal split is happening and it is wild.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

If you’re in this community, we really need you to take this survey!! (and please share! the more responses the better the data!)

[The WP Community Collective @thewpcc]

How have the changes in #WordPress over the past few years affected you? No, really, we're asking!

The WPCC has launched the State of the Community survey for anyone who works with, builds on, or just cares about WordPress.

Open now through June 27: https://t.co/oEq8VRAEvu

[The Repository @therepositorywp]

The WPCC's first-of-its-kind survey asks how the WordPress community is really feeling about the project, AI, open source, and what comes next.

🔗 https://t.co/y2PiXc2cll

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

this clip has been playing on repeat in my head for three decades, with extra heavy rotation in the last month. https://t.co/SK7SwwUgBb

(the survey: https://t.co/3JGnuRyXyB)

[Andrey Savchenko @Rarst]

I see impact of LLMs on open source discussed in technical sense of coding changing, but not emotional one - the final pinnacle of taking its labors whole, laundering off the last meek obligations of licenses and gratitude. who will be left to take from, when we are gone, though?

[The WP Community Collective @thewpcc]

How have the changes in #WordPress over the past few years affected you? No, really, we're asking!

The WPCC has launched the State of the Community survey for anyone who works with, builds on, or just cares about WordPress.

Open now through June 27: https://t.co/oEq8VRAEvu

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@Rarst hope you don’t have to use it for anything but bread and salo. and that you’re still okay.

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@PineDigitalCo

[Ryan Logan @PineDigitalCo]

WordPress Workspace

I read this headline:

"Automattic's WordPress Workspace is a Mac app consolidating WordPress tools like editor, notes, media library, and AI assistant, reducing tool switching. "It's free during the beta for WordPress users..."

Get excited, only to find out it's not for "WordPress users"; it's for WordPress[dot]com users. 🤨

https://t.co/qCivPOdWyh

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

WordPress 7.0

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

@DuaneStorey 1) love that “clawback” is apparently an official legal term
2) sooo … just stick a lawyer in each channel and boom, attorney-client privilege? reminds me of the “no screenshots” code-of-conduct rule. like why stop the behavior if we can just stop you from talking about it?

[sé reed 💙💛 @sereedmedia]

Wow this new blue is so unnecessary.

[Carl Hancock 🚀🇨🇷 @carlhancock]

That sounds like a bit of a hedge. @photomatt is 100% correct about private equity. But I don’t think you fully realize the scale. Private equity hasn’t just been bad for WordPress. It has quite literally been destroying every industry in this country. And that is not hyperbole.