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7 years ago from Michael McLaughlin, Interaction Designer @ Next Thought
That is really odd, especially for a "web" company their size.
Maybe it was the easiest way for the team managing the launch to update the marketing site.
internet.org by facebook is also Wordpress.
Interesting stuff.
Facebook's blog (http://newsroom.fb.com/) runs on Wordpress, too – as does the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (https://chanzuckerberg.com/).
In case you're interested, Wordpress VIP has a list of their highest profile clients: https://vip.wordpress.com/clients/
Some pretty surprising ones in there: News Corp, TIME, Skype, Microsoft Studios etc.
Yep, it just can't be wrong.
Why weird? Wordpress is probably the easiest way to run a blog for a company that size. Years of proper documentation, accepts vanilla PHP if necessary, fully customisable, plug-in friendly...etc.
Wordpress is a pretty good CMS if you need something that is easy to setup and easy to use. The marketing site doesn't appear to have any special functionality.
Curious why you're surprised?
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Anyone else notice this is a wordpress site? #weird