The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 7 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Prediction Partly held up
Gutenberg lets anyone build New York Times-style rich layouts for free
“What New York Times spent probably tens of thousands of dollars to do a few years ago will be able to enable anyone with WordPress and Gutenberg to do just kind of out of the box.”
Matt Mullenweg Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 8:52 933 Why Wordpress CEO Raised $300m, Replaced Himself, and New Gutenberg
Assertion Partly supported
TenWeb's team built 60 WordPress plugins with 25 million downloads
“We previously developed WordPress plugins and built numerous plugins, more than 60 plugins with more than twenty-five million total downloads.”
Tigran Nazarian Mar 12, 2021 ▶ 3:30 25m Wordpress Plugin Downloads, Now Raising $3m for SaaS Product
Assertion Supported
Joost de Valk: Yoast hit 1M users before launching paid tier
“I started out with a free plugin and had a million users and then decided maybe I should make some money from it.”
Joost de Valk May 9, 2020 ▶ 1:56 1750 With $12m in ARR Yoast CEO Says Wordpress Couldn't Afford to Acquire
Assertion Supported
Castos Acquired a WordPress Plugin With 15,000 Active Installs
“So the plugin had about 15,000 active installs in WordPress at the time.”
Craig Hewitt Mar 27, 2020 ▶ 2:05 1707 How He Cheated Growth With $5k Acquisition on Day 1
Assertion Supported
Jacobi: Joomla powers over 3% of the global internet, second to WordPress
“But as a whole, Joomla runs over three percent of the entire global internet. So it's actually only second to WordPress.”
Robert Jacobi Sep 13, 2018 ▶ 2:09 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced
Assertion Supported
WordPress was an early major platform to accept Bitcoin at $12
“And WordPress, I think, was one of the first large Internet services to add support for accepting Bitcoin for our services. At the time, Bitcoin was about 12 dollars”
Matt Mullenweg Feb 12, 2018 ▶ 26:34 933 Why Wordpress CEO Raised $300m, Replaced Himself, and New Gutenberg
Assertion Supported
WordPress had only 5,000 total plugins in 2009, says Seth Shoultes
“At the time there was only a 5000 plugins, you know, total in the entire WordPress market space.”
Seth Shoultes Jul 14, 2019 ▶ 8:39 1450 20k Customers and $1m in ARR Event Management Company Started as Wife Project
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