[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #6511: Provide helpful plugin stats and insights

[Making WordPress.org]

#6511: Provide helpful plugin stats and insights
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 Reporter:  markzahra         |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request   |      Status:  new
 Priority:  high              |   Milestone:
Component:  Plugin Directory  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by podz):

 -- Matt will delete this quickly --

 WordPress would not be where it is without plugins.

 I have used WP since 2004, since my-hacks.php

 Right now:

 "Extend your WordPress experience! Browse 59,657 free plugins."

 Assume that each plugin developer made 10 plugins, that means that Matt is
 denying data to almost 6000 developers.

 SIX THOUSAND actual people.

 Yes that assumption is daft, there are way more developers.

 Yet I see no noise though. Nothing on HN, Ars, The Verge, Wired, The
 Register, Slashdot, Reddit, Facebook etc.

 I have no horse in this race apart from the fact that I honestly believe
 that the witholding of data - data which is being used to enrich
 Automattic - is wrong.

 It really is fundamentally wrong.

 As a plugin dev data doesn't just help lead development, it also gives you
 that feeling that "Yeah!" as you knew you were filling a need.

 I wonder what worries plugin devs about speaking out?

 What power stops you?

 This is not a crit, it's an honest question.

 Don't answer me here, or anywhere, but something surely has to happen to
 at least try and stop this guy from effectively exploiting you.

 Plugin devs didn't just help get WP to where it is, it also helped get
 Matt to his multimillionaire guru cool status.

 He owes you more, far far more.

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/6511#comment:138>
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