What Was Blogging Space Like When Wordpress Was Just Getting Started

When WordPress came on the scene, there were already "too many" blogging platforms. Movable Type had the self-hosted market, Livejournal and Blogger were utterly dominant in the hosted solution space. Blogger had already been bought by Google.

Rework · Open Source and Power with Matt Mullenweg · at 10:55 · October 7th, 2019 ·Transcript

On this episode

Who Is Matt Mullenweg at 1:37
What Does @dhh Find To Be So Wrong With The Internet Today at 3:14
What Makes Podcasting Special On The Open Internet at 5:58
Matt Mullenweg Thinks Wordpress Assumed Impact On Blogging Is Overrated, Why at 8:40
What Was Blogging Space Like When Wordpress Was Just Getting Started at 10:55
How Dominant Is Wordpress Today at 11:37
What Makes The Open Source Web So Beautiful at 12:37
Who Has The Power Over Open Source Projects at 13:59
Does Wordpress Have A Monopoly On Blogging at 16:35
How Can Anyone Compete With A Dominant Open Source Project at 17:18
What Does David Heinemeier Hansson Really Think Of The Monopolistic Behavior In Tech at 18:23
Does Matt Mullenweg Think That Wordpress Dominance Would Be A Problem For The Internet at 27:56
How Is Wordpress Different Front Closed Source Rivals at 41:55
What's Wrong With The Idea Of Having A Benevolent Dictator For Life at 46:15
What Are The Benefits Having A Benevolent Dictator For A Software Project at 49:20
How Is Automatic Going To Make Money From The Tumblr Acquisition at 57:01