In reply to Jeff Chandler.

It's a bad thing because WordPress Core is (ostensibly) a non-profit and consensus-driven project built by the collective contributions of the open-source community and not Automattic's private project.

Stacking the Gutenberg leadership with paid Automattic employees and ignoring the community's feedback so blatantly sends the message that Gutenberg is being built for Automattic, 15 years of community and WordPress ideals be danged.

I actually think Gutenberg is an excellent and much needed addition to the WP ecosystem, but the way it is being forced into Core without achieving any kind of consensus and common ground with the community and without adhering to the inclusive and cooperative ideals that made WP what it is, is deeply concerning.

I really wish Automattic had built this internally and released it as an 'official' plugin like Jetpack. I bet the reception and adoption would have been totally different.

I believe there is still time to make this work. We just need to return to what made WP great to begin with: community and inclusiveness.