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@_elena Same shit as US big tech, wearing an EU mask…

@_elena and #Wedium (again W) is just as shady. https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/wedium-und-w-social-jetzt-kommen-die-europaeischen-social-media-alternativen-RY5VRNGZXFDXFBCUNSZMZRM6SY.html

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@_elena thanks for unmasking the effort. looking forward to the complete unmasking of who is behind it.

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I've also seen references to a BlackSky SM platform which seems to be another Bluesky clone? 🙂🤷‍♂️

@_elena Monet being like: Am I a joke to you?

@_elena thank you, for doing the work journalism / media should have been doing!

@_elena At least for me it's clear... W social is a financial project to grap some founding money. It's not a project with European sovereignty in mind or with sovereignty for Europeans.

Therefore, it should be avoided.

@_elena Never heard of W Social, but thank you for your critical analysis! What do you think about Eurosky?

This is a very good exposé, @_elena. And W Social like this looks like an (un-)intentional attempt to weaken the upcoming European digital sovereignty.

@_elena great spelunking!

@_elena the worst thing about WSocial is that it's criminaly boring.

@_elena Thanks for the deep dive.
It does leave me asking: what can we learn from this to help us promote the Fediverse?
Perhaps a spoof website called "Euro Social" that just links to Fediverse 😉 🙂

@_elena great article! What I expect is that many ppl will just go for it! "It's European and screw it that they need my ID." The only issue is that I can theoretically create Bluesky account and still communicate with W social accounts. So what's the point of checking ppl if you can still enter through window if door requires an ID. Also I think Mastodon/Fediverse needs some lobby in EC and European parliament, that's something we can learn from W Chat case.

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I have a very partial view on #atmosphere based on bridged accounts.
Of all the people I know reporting to being interested in this w thing, no one did effectively mentioned or tried #eurosky , that is already available and people can migrate to at no social cost.