Jul
10
10
WLTC High Ground
Filed under: Asides | Tags: | July 10th, 2007
A round of applause for Mark Ghosh of Weblogs Tool Collection for taking a stand against sponsored themes. Before WordCamp all sponsored themes should be removed from themes.wordpress.net. (32)
Pingback: Say Good Bye To Sponsored Themes, Worpdress.com Introduces New Feature
rg | July 11th, 2007 @ 8:16 am | Reply
Must be nice to have so many users that you can tell a bunch of them to GTFO.
Jonathan | July 11th, 2007 @ 8:57 am | Reply
I think it’s great that people are getting so involved with the Wordpress cmmunity, but I agree, sponsored themes need to go.
I do feel giving credit to those authors is a good thing, but having 2 or 3 links that are completely unrelated is a bit excessive.
jez | July 11th, 2007 @ 10:00 am | Reply
Indeed, I can only also applaud Mark Gosh (with one h) for pushing through this decision.
It is good news for all hard working theme authors who said “no” to sponsorlinks!
Tom Howard | July 11th, 2007 @ 1:39 pm | Reply
It would be great to see sponsored themes removed from themes.wordpress.net, but considering how broken it is at the moment (most downloaded widget is actually least downloaded; sort by download doesn’t work if you are looking for the most downloaded; no response to any support requests) I’m not going to hold my breath on them changing anything soon.
Pingback: It’s Official. Sponsored WordPress Themes Are Out. « Lorelle on WordPress
Pingback: WordPress Wednesday News: WordCamp, Sponsored Themes Out, 2 Billion Comment Spam, and More WordPress News : The Blog Herald
Pingback: No more Sponsored Themes. | Blog Gigs
Pingback: ideas » WordPress Banishes Theme Moneygrubbers
Pingback: Wordpress Banning Sponsored Themes - Scot Smith
Michael Pollock | July 12th, 2007 @ 7:13 am | Reply
Hey Matt:
Just to clarify … You said “should be removed.” Does that mean your want them removed? Or does it mean there’s currently a project underway to actually remove them from the site.
I think I know the answer, but I wouldn’t want to get it wrong.
Best - Michael
Rhine | July 12th, 2007 @ 8:43 am | Reply
Standing ovation is more like it.
Pingback: Saying Goodbye to Sponsored Themes — Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Pingback: Seite puschen mit Wordpress Themes - das war einmal… - Seo Marketing
Pingback: Popular Wordpress Sites Say “No” to Sponsored Themes: Blog Design for Small Business. Wordpress Blog Design.
jez | July 12th, 2007 @ 11:16 am | Reply
actually it is ghosh with two h’ sorry for the confusion ;P
Pingback: h4x3d.com | Great news, no seriously
Pingback: Los temas de Wordpress con patrocinadores se quitan de themes.wordpress.net :
Brian Gardner | July 12th, 2007 @ 10:59 pm | Reply
I freely admit that a long time ago in my previous lifetime I was guilty of placing sponsored links. But I have been sponsor sober for months now, and am proud to admit that I will never release another theme with a sponsored link in it again. (And this excludes me from the crap that Templates Browser is pulling without my permission)
Andreas | July 13th, 2007 @ 3:27 pm | Reply
Now, please add a few themes from the small group of designers who had already taken a stand against sponsored links (on your previous request) on wp.com to reward those who deserve it and give encouragement to those who need it.
Brian Gardner | July 13th, 2007 @ 6:57 pm | Reply
That’s a great idea Andreas - Matt, you guys should test some of the most popular ones, and place them on WP.com.
Pingback: Random Geekery « LBnuke
Pingback: No more sponsored themes on Wordpress.org, buddies! at Florchakh Dot Com
Pingback: Photo Matt » Love and Hate
Pingback: Sponsored themes suck » The offensive against sponsored themes started in the last few days
Pingback: Are Sponsored Themes Ethical? | iface thoughts
Pingback: Weblog Tools Collection » Blog Archive » Turning the other cheek
Pingback: Los themes patrocinados no son un pecado — Gran Impetu
Pingback: Inbound Links On Sponsored Themes Is A Promotion Technique?
Pingback: How Grey Is Your Valley: Making Money From Open Source
Pingback: Protecting Your WordPress Blog « Lorelle on WordPress
Pingback: Wordpress Deutschland vor der Zerreißprobe auf F!XMBR