RE: mastodon.social/@_elena/116837…

Also, please remember that all #WSocial has to do to win is have the benefit of the doubt.

Don’t give them that.

If they have it, with so much money and political influence, they can scale.

If they scale, they can reach network effects.

If they reach network effects, there’s zero you can do to stop them.

Fine! So what?

Well, they have mandatory identity verification.

Once they have network effects, the European Commission can say “any social network that doesn’t implement mandatory identity verification is henceforth illegal in the EU. We have our own “sovereign” network, WSocial, that implements it and if any other networks want to operate in the EU, they must too. Facebook, etc., will implement it in a heartbeat. The fediverse? It’ll be illegal.

So, yeah, maybe don’t give them the benefit of the doubt.

Actively resist them.

Don’t engage with people on there.

Warn your friends.

They’re not building a social network. They’re building the infrastructure for a police state backed by the European Commission.

#WSocial #mandatoryIdentityVerification #surveillance #EU #EuropeanCommission

Elena Rossini 🌈

2026-06-30 07:01:19

#WSocial posted a message on their official account talking about "temporary profile issues" for "some W users."

Reality (exposed in my latest article): their network was BRICKED for ALL NEW USERS who joined starting on June 22 (some 3100+ accounts out of 5000) for 7+ days.

An amateur reporter and self-hosting newbie (aka me) figured out the problem and the solution, bringing attention to this matter.

I had to respond: mu.social/profile/elenarossini… hope others chime in 🤭

Elena Rossini ⁂ (@elenarossini.com)

I'm glad that my article helped bring attention to this problem - which had bricked your network for all new users who had joined starting on June 22 (3000+ accounts, for 7+ days - I've got .csv records to prove it).

^mu