On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 10:26 AM Daniel Wayne Armstrong via talk < talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I also highly recommend reading the post about "contempt culture" cited near the beginning of the talk:
Very interesting reading. It recalls 2014 when I was far more deeply into content management systems than I am now. That year Toronto hosted both a DrupalCon (@Ryerson) and a WordCamp (@Humber) and I went to both. They had similar attendance numbers but I was frankly gobsmacked at the gender gap. Men accounted for more than 90% of the Drupal conference but were definitely a minority at the Wordpress event. The sneering condescension that Drupal people had towards Wordpress -- which was not reciprocated -- was very much in evidence. At that point I realized that the difference between the two was far more cultural than technical as their practical features, capabilities and scalability converged. Conventional objective comparisons were pointless because their biggest distinction was unquantifiable. IOW, Wordpress was a safe space for women in CMSs, just as the concept was becoming a thing. It wouldn't surprise me at all that these cultural differences have played a significant factor in WordPress coming to power nearly half the Internet while Drupal is at about 1%. These days, if anything I find Ghost more interesting than either WP or Drupal. But I'd be interested to know if their relative demographics have changed. The article also recalls -- now that I think about it -- my reaction to the use of "M$" and other such cavalier Microsoft-bashing in open source circles these days. Once upon a time the criticism was well deserved, now it's just puerile. - Evan