I've mentioned before that parts of WordPress itself were not designed well, and WordPress.com inherited them. Most users found WordPress easy to use, but only after they overcame a medium-sized learning curve. WordPress was filled with layers of distracting complexity, a classic symptom of engineer-led design. Many of these layers helped WordPress's soaring rise in popularity, but that rise was predicated on appealing to programmers and organizations with technical demands, a different ambition from achieving simplicity for bloggers themselves.
