From what I have observed, it seems like the hijacked plugin has been getting a wave of 1 star reviews that are actively been deleted by whoever is now managing it.
It’s the w.org team that moderates reviews. Back in the before times, that was a useful service they performed for us: it cut down on review spam and made the review system more reliable.
Wait… I thought “content was sacred” or whatever boy wonder claimed when he said post revisions mattered
I didn’t see any comments being deleted the last 8hrs or so. They had 70 1 star reviews this morning, and now 88.
Am I wrong in thinking Matt poached the ACF developer last week?
Mine’s still up. Perhaps some of the other 1-star reviews are getting removed for being a bit too nasty
Been there, done that. Tried to report the issues with WooCommerce. Legit review with real issues was deleted and I was banned for a while. Review was polite and carefully worded, and only after spending hours with support to verify I was right. Didn’t matter. That’s when I started looking for options for my clients outside of WordPress.
I thought it was just Automattic had too much power. That was before I realized Automattic was Matt. Now I just feel silly for not getting my clients out of this more aggressively.
I get removing bad and emotional reviews, but keeping the original reviews is what is truly scandalous.
Comments u/photomatt?
Yeah, I wrote a 1 star review, had it show on the site, then it was deleted a few minutes later. This is so ridiculous!
Report it to [WordPress.org](http://WordPress.org) and consider alternative plugins for security
It’s the w.org team that moderates reviews. Back in the before times, that was a useful service they performed for us: it cut down on review spam and made the review system more reliable.
Wait… I thought “content was sacred” or whatever boy wonder claimed when he said post revisions mattered
I didn’t see any comments being deleted the last 8hrs or so. They had 70 1 star reviews this morning, and now 88.
Maybe they did it before and stopped?
[https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-custom-fields/reviews/](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/advanced-custom-fields/reviews/)
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Am I wrong in thinking Matt poached the ACF developer last week?
Mine’s still up. Perhaps some of the other 1-star reviews are getting removed for being a bit too nasty
Been there, done that. Tried to report the issues with WooCommerce. Legit review with real issues was deleted and I was banned for a while. Review was polite and carefully worded, and only after spending hours with support to verify I was right. Didn’t matter. That’s when I started looking for options for my clients outside of WordPress.
I thought it was just Automattic had too much power. That was before I realized Automattic was Matt. Now I just feel silly for not getting my clients out of this more aggressively.
I get removing bad and emotional reviews, but keeping the original reviews is what is truly scandalous.
Comments u/photomatt?
Yeah, I wrote a 1 star review, had it show on the site, then it was deleted a few minutes later. This is so ridiculous!
Report it to [WordPress.org](http://WordPress.org) and consider alternative plugins for security