[mikl]

He’s really working hard on torching his reputation. The whole WPEngine debacle just makes him look petty and mean.

[InsideOutSanta]

I'm not sure if petty and mean are the correct words. He seems more like somebody who has been in a bubble of yes-people for so long that he has become untethered from reality. He views the world as black and white, with him on the side of good, which gives him not just the justification, but the moral imperative to do whatever is necessary to fix things he perceives as wrong, regardless of the consequences.

To me, he doesn't seem petty or mean, he seems unhinged.

[cr3ative]

I think this is the kind interpretation; he doesn’t seem to have anyone around him who he trusts to tell him he’s incredibly off base. He’s in an accidental echo chamber.

The theme here with “leave if you disagree”, though with decent terms, correlates.

[tdeck]

It reminds me of the "every idea I'm having right now is a great idea" kind of thinking I've observed from folks publicly having a manic episode. Most people would have second guessed themselves by now.

[netsharc]

A comment I saw regarding Matt was "it's like someone made Elon Musk in PHP".