Kellie Peterson

Hate it here, find me literally anywhere else: Formerly Automattic, Endurance (Newfold)

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

@photomatt @travisk You are so thirsty.

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Dear lord, not this again. https://t.co/zrkkU1OdoC

#wpdrama #automatticisamess #wpengine

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

@Berryhillj @photomatt I have feelings about this.....

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

MY entire work relationship under
@photomatt
aka a credulous dolt related to all things domain names: https://t.co/qrfyq8W3Gq #Domains #icann #wpdrama

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Thinking about selling https://t.co/WUpBDdiFVB
Actually thinking about selling my entire portfolio.

#domainers #domainsforsale #domainnames #domaininvesting

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

@WarrenLNaida @wpengine @WPDrama OOhhhhh. I LIKE that.

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

It was fun to dust off my domain industry chops and dig into the nitty gritty of TLD applications, trademark, and well... asshattery.

#wordpress folks pay attention. If you think what's happening with @wpengine is ugly this would make it worse

https://t.co/Y8p59ibRrA

@wpdrama

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

@magicians_magic @photomatt Touché. $3.6MM USD

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Lemme get this right. In the midst of a epic hissy fit induced legal battle which he brought on entirely by himself and is costing millions in legal fees... @photomatt decided to spend over $3.6 USD in APPLICATION fees alone on 16 TLDs? https://t.co/Fl80oJc6oP

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Uh... I finally found the job that I would come out of retirement for. @taylorswift13 @taylornation13 You just let me know if you want someone to handle your soon to be .taylorswift TLD - I gotchu. #parisnight1 #taylorswift #swifties

https://t.co/Ob3AckEgSZ

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

@webhosting @photomatt Yes, I do.

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How much of a narcissist does one have to be to go from trying to snap up all the matt.TLD options and of course https://t.co/XAVEXiZfyU to spending $227k USD on a fucking vanity TLD?

Christ.

But please, cry about how private equity is crushing you.

here's my tiny violin.

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

mShots is an Automattic joint, no?

Should an unauthenticated screenshot service allow arbitrary JavaScript running in its browser to make essentially unrestricted outbound network requests?

Not the first time Automattic has been exploited though. Eh?

https://t.co/QPrZSU586E

[Matt Mullenweg @photomatt]

Wow. 🤯

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

But this seems like a MASSIVE downgrade in leadership. But I guess Matt got what he wanted - people who are loyal to him. Bra-fucking-oh, @photomatt you really are the smallest man who ever lived.

Meanwhile those pesky antitrust claims are allowed to stand. Bless. Good luck!

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Interesting choices. I do love me some Wool/Silo and no shade to Howey, but I'm not sure that his background in computer repair, roofing, audio tech, bookstore clerk, and professional yacht captain makes him an ideal board member. https://t.co/MyYXE1EFQ0

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And that doesn't even touch on @krutal and Henry Khatachryan of IRL infamy (https://t.co/OrpH7HzXJh)

I know @photomatt and @missamychan have been friends for a long time. I have thoughts. I sure hope her PR chops come in handy for the board and Matt soon. Yeesh.

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

They are so screwed.

Their ability to execute on anything since at least the purchase of Tumblr has been pretty miserable.

Oh, maybe he means execute people??

https://t.co/QsMP561kor

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

From TC: Internal slack announcement of interim CFO ends with @photomatt saying: I have 100% confidence in our cash and financial position... There is still work to do, but everything is within our control and depends only on Automattic’s ability to execute.”
#wpdrama

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@AnanimusAnon @photomatt Ok anonymous internet person. Thanks for pointing out my deficiencies. No one has ever taken the time to do that before. I feel so much better now that I have touched grass.

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Even when I was @Automattic and friendly with multiple HR people there is NO WAY any of them would have shared such sensitive documents with me.

I cannot imagine the HR people still there would be willing to risk sharing such a trove of documents directly with a reporter. 2/4

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

Which brings me back to the leak. The source had severance agreements, an HR equity document and info on current legal deliberations.

Did they also have board approvals? If yes, were those shared? If no, we still don’t know who authorized the deals. But something smells.

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

TechCrunch’s severance story raises an important question: who actually authorized these agreements?

“Davies and Missan signed each other’s severance deals” sounds dramatic. But signing a corporate agreement is not the same thing as approving the compensation. 1/8 #wpdrama

[Kellie Peterson @kellie]

That doesn’t prove Automattic’s board approved these agreements.

But it does mean “they signed each other’s agreements” tells us who signed them — not necessarily who authorized them.

That distinction seems pretty important.