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“We’ve all been there, trying new software and starting something afresh without the know-how. I recall when I first used WordPress years ago on my first blog. To help you get started with WordPress I am creating a part series to help with beginner topics. This article highlights what WordPress is and why it’s so…
I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the good will outweigh the bad. So, on the whole, I think the power that online distribution confers is a positive thing for society. Online we can act as a fifth estate.
— Matt Mullenweg, “Online we can act as a fifth estate”, World Economic Forum, Davos, January 2013.
Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, wrote the piece in January 2013 for the World Economic Forum in Davos. We kept the line back then because it sums up so well what WordPress set out to do: give everyone their own voice online. It reads a little differently today, but the thought has stayed.
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