Tweets from Dave Winer  🔗 **Source:** [Tweets from Dave Winer](https://twitter.com/davewiner) ## Highlights - @courtneyr_dev @learnwithmattc @WordCampCanada i don't like them, for the reasons people say, it's all about spam. it's one of the reasons twitter needs moderation. i have a different plan for discourse in wordland, i don't want to keep doing things the same old way, we should try something new out every 20 years or so. ;-) ([View Tweet](https://twitter.com/davewiner/status/1980384116689498445)) - Why Podcasting 2.0 will never work. If you want others to follow you, you have to offer them your users. And a format alone has no users. And you have to trust your users to choose the best product, and you have to have a great product, that they appreciate, even though they ([View Tweet](https://x.com/davewiner/status/2095842520592687328)) - People love Markdown because it's impossible to hide the crud. And because people love it so much it's become a favorite of tech startups esp in the AI field. This is a great turn of events. We're getting back to the web, and the sooner everyone gets on board, imho, the better. ([View Tweet](https://x.com/davewiner/status/2097304106935206334)) - # My two cents about WordPress Lots of stuff going on around WordPress for the last couple of years, and every bit of is a distraction from what I want to do to help the web get back on its feet. I remember how great it was when everything could hook into everything else. The ([View Tweet](https://x.com/davewiner/status/2098785603793944993)) - As much of what’s left of the web I think Wordpress has become basically the web fighting with itself. Is it about the money or the freedom for developers to innovate freely and for users to benefit from the creativity. Not speaking for anyone but me, it’s always been about https://t.co/99sSrM9Jfz ([View Tweet](https://x.com/davewiner/status/2098813966231158843)) ## New Highlights added 2026-10-09 at 11:26 PM - I've never seen corporate communication like this. https://t.co/jfoYCsFMhU ([View Tweet](https://x.com/davewiner/status/2108721175983444025))