Based on leaked screenshots this new platform may actually be powered by ATProtocol. Here's more from @boris.
@aslakr you can actually even see them running the bluesky web app here: https://stage.wsocial.eu/
@ikuturso
> it's looking like they could be using Bluesky's code
In theory, that means using their ATProto protocol too. Making wsocial.eu much less horrific than it looks from @aslakr's description, since people will be able to interact with accounts there without using their questionable infrastructure. Question is, are they running a Relay, and maybe an AppView, or just hosting PDS?
And skimming through their discussion from Davos on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV4z2H7yFIE, it seems like W Social:
- Won't ban accounts.
- Only «real» names. I guess based in bank id etc.
- Bots are not OK?
- Filtering and moderation using AI.
- They have their primary domain (wsocial.eu) at a Finnish company. (But fonts, tracking, css etc seems to be at whatever)
Based on leaked screenshots this new platform may actually be powered by ATProtocol. Here's more from @boris.
RE: https://flipboard.social/@TechDesk/115935236883890857
@aslakr it's looking like they could be using Bluesky's code for this based on "leaked screenshots" and there being a PDS at https://pds-prod.wsocial.eu/
Don't know how that will work with their ID and real name requirements. One option would be that it is entirely separate but one of the supposed screenshots seems to show a @verge post and a post by @queerash.wsocial.eu (same as queerash.bsky.social) from Bluesky with same comment/boost/like counts.
A group of organizations in Europe has launched a new social media platform, W, as an alternative to X. "There is an urgent need for a new social media platform built, governed, and hosted in Europe. With human verification, free speech, and data privacy at its core," CEO Anna Zeiter said in a LinkedIn post announcing the venture. @PCMag has the details.
Based on leaked screenshots this new platform may actually be powered by ATProtocol. Here's more from @boris.
The people behind https://wsocial.eu etc seems to have a session now at January 21st at 12 CET https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/davos2026#20260121-davos-information-integrity and it seems very much that W Social and We Don't Have Time AB is more or less the same.
I guessing W Social will be based on We Don't Have Time horrible slow plattform. Based on infrastructure from Cloudflare, Google etc.
#WSocial #WSocialEU #WSocialAB #WeDontHaveTime #Davos #Davos2026
And skimming through their discussion from Davos on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV4z2H7yFIE, it seems like W Social:
- Won't ban accounts.
- Only «real» names. I guess based in bank id etc.
- Bots are not OK?
- Filtering and moderation using AI.
- They have their primary domain (wsocial.eu) at a Finnish company. (But fonts, tracking, css etc seems to be at whatever)
The new "european social network", _W social_ must've been created in a vacuum completely ignorant of all the awesome decentralized social networking initiatives happening in europe 🤔
@aslakr Här är bolaget och styrelsen
RE: https://mastodonsweden.se/@doktorzjivago/115932432170173089
The Swedish company behind https://wsocial.eu
Currently around 1-4 employees.
Some of the same people behind https://www.wedonthavetime.org/
The new "european social network", _W social_ must've been created in a vacuum completely ignorant of all the awesome decentralized social networking initiatives happening in europe 🤔
RE: https://mastodonsweden.se/@doktorzjivago/115932432170173089
The Swedish company behind https://wsocial.eu
Currently around 1-4 employees.
Some of the same people behind https://www.wedonthavetime.org/
The people behind https://wsocial.eu etc seems to have a session now at January 21st at 12 CET https://www.wedonthavetime.org/events/davos2026#20260121-davos-information-integrity and it seems very much that W Social and We Don't Have Time AB is more or less the same.
I guessing W Social will be based on We Don't Have Time horrible slow plattform. Based on infrastructure from Cloudflare, Google etc.
#WSocial #WSocialEU #WSocialAB #WeDontHaveTime #Davos #Davos2026
@aslakr Här är bolaget och styrelsen
RE: https://mastodonsweden.se/@doktorzjivago/115932432170173089
The Swedish company behind https://wsocial.eu
Currently around 1-4 employees.
Some of the same people behind https://www.wedonthavetime.org/
