With Akismet there was an interesting dilemma. Is it for the good of the world Akismet being secret and being more effective against spammers, versus it being open and less effective? It seemed more people would be helped by blocking… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
It turns out that social networks drive a heck of a lot of traffic to blogs. — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression,… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Akismet started on a $70 dollar-a-month server. Anyone can scrape together $70. — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I think that all services will have downtime. No matter how much you prepare, have redundant systems, or audit, there will periodically be a… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Usage is like oxygen for ideas. That means every moment you're working on something without it being in the public it's actually dying, deprived… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been working on for the past few months is a radical simplification of the interface. — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Captcha is the bane of the Internet. I can't figure them out myself half the time! — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
I'm an investor in MakerBot, which is a good example of the 'thingiverse'. The idea of applying collaboration and rapid iteration to things that… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
Simperium seems like a genuine utility for our own apps, and for other people as a service. And Simplenote, as a product, I love,… — Matt Mullenweg Copy Share Image
