Comment by dofm

Right but that is part of this long rolling episode that started with the WP Engine thing, which is really when he began to act in an unhinged way.

That is really when the sudden shift in his public manner happened. It has been going on that long. He should have stepped back as either Automattic CEO or Wordpress BFDL at least a year ago IMO; the ACF/SCF debacle settled it.

WP and the community around it would have been better for it if he had.