3 days ago
- The author's dissatisfaction with WordPress and Automattic began with the introduction of the Gutenberg editor, which they consider a downhill slide.
- Gravatar once served a useful purpose by automatically populating user avatars across websites, but this feature has become rare, with only GitHub recently updating automatically.
- Automattic added an AI-related anti-feature to Gravatar without any notification or consent, prompting the author to delete their account entirely.
- The author no longer sees the value in Gravatar, especially with alternatives like Bio Link and FediProfile, and views the unannounced change as a sign of product enshittification.
- The author has deleted their Gravatar account and is cutting ties with all Automattic services.