Post Status Comments - The First Annual WordPress News Draft

"This story reminded me that big company big money doesn't mean just more profit but can also mean big contributions." - Aurooba Ahmed

It's the first-ever Post Status WordPress News Draft! The initial group of news "avengers" in this episode are Aurooba Ahmed, Jason Cosper, Daniel Schutzsmith, Robert Jacobi, and Lesley Sim — with David Bisset hosting. In three rounds of draft picks, this group assembled the most noteworthy or influential WordPress news stories of 2021.

Also: There was also a final "quick link" round with some interesting choices the guests brought to the table.

Post Status Comments 💬 provides a stage for WordPress professionals to exchange ideas and talk about recent topics and trends.

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🔗 Mentioned in the show:

• WordPress 5.9 Release (Aurooba Pick #1)
• Frost being acquired and made open source (Aurooba Pick #2)
• Stubbornella utilities classes twitter thread (Aurooba Pick #3)
• WP User Avatar > Profile Press Debacle (Daniel Pick #1)
• Blocks, Boards & Fishing Reels – How Gutenberg has Divided WordPress (Daniel Pick #2)
• Podcast app Pocket Casts acquired by WordPress․com owner Automattic (Daniel Pick #3)
• WordPress Performance Team (Jason Pick #1)
• theme.json drops with WordPress 5.8 (Jason PIck #2)
• Google’s FLoC and WordPress (Jason Pick #3)
• Exciting news: Yoast joins Newfold Digital (Robert Pick #1)
• Welcome to Openverse (Robert Pick #2)
• American Airlines sues online publisher and host over fake website (Robert Pick #3)
• AM Marketing Machine (Lesley Pick #1)
• Founder's Field Guide Podcast: Matt Mullenweg – The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet (Lesley Pick #2)
• Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, Nadia Eghbal (Lesley Pick #3)
• Can Matt Mullenweg save the internet? (David's Pick #1)
• Awesome Motive Has Acquired Sandhills Development (David's Pick #2)
• David Bisset (Twitter)
• Post Status (Twitter)

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