Kenny Meyers’ Plea to EllisLab

Editor emeritus, Kenny Meyers, posted an impassioned plea to EllisLab on The Nerdary, yesterday afternoon. He offers seven grievances toward EllisLab, offering pretty specific changes they could make to turn things around. The overarching theme to Kenny’s letter is that he feels EllisLab needs to focus more on transparency and change and less on talking about how they feel the community’s pain.

The community has responded, too, with over 100 comments mere hours after posting. Kenny definitely struck a nerve here. Many of the commenters are calling themselves “cosigners”. I don’t believe anybody from EllisLab has responded in the comments, but I did see they tweeted about it.

Some people might look at Kenny’s post and think he is just hating on EllisLab. I don’t think that’s the case at all. Kenny took the time to write that because he cares. Just like you and I, he loves this platform and wants to see it succeed. Speaking personally here, I can identify with every one of those grievances. I know the folks at EllisLab are watching and listening (Hello!), and I’m hopeful they are already on their way to making some noticeable changes for the better.

Check out Kenny’s post on the Nerdary, and by all means leave a comment there with your thoughts.