@_elena @euronews This is quite strange, since the EU seems to host a mastodon instance for the officials https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/explore

@DoubleArobase mdr

@_elena @euronews And not a single mention.of Mastodon, which is arguably the actual X alternative this startup wants to become.

@_elena @euronews Gonna launch a Pokemon themed social media platform called "P" /joke

@_elena there's a comment section 😈

@_elena @euronews

For god's sake, this W story is more ridiculous over time

@_elena @euronews

☀️ This looks like more dishonest messaging by big tech & venture capital:

"According to its CEO, Anna Zeiter, W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."

@_elena did you guys see #Monnett promoted #WSocial (not even EuroSky) prior to it even launching (along with Xing and BeReal) as "European alternative/s"? Almost like they were some sort of (European) gang of private-owned companies.

@euronews

@_elena
isn't running their own instance at https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/about kind of launching/funding a social media platform 😉
(i know, an instance doesn't make a whole platform...)
Have fun at #FOSDEM
@euronews

@_elena @hpod16 Not funding?

https://bingx.com/en/news/post/eu-backs-million-launch-of-w-to-rival-x-beta-slated-by-february

„EU backs €500 million launch of W to rival X; beta slated by February“

@_elena @euronews

I think that, at W, they were also a bit ambiguous in their communication and that add up with the ugly and superficial media coverage.

Not a great start for a commercial project

@_elena @euronews tagging #socialMedia #socialMediaPlatform ⬆️