RE: hear-me.social/@Lacze/11593625…
The "brilliant" minds behind the new social network wsocial.eu forgot to grab related domain names, so I applaud the efforts of the creator of w-social.eu... encouraging people to be social and simply join the fediverse.
Fun fact: yesterday I almost registered wsocial.lol (1 Euro for the first year) and wsocial.wtf.
I guess if I see an article in mainstream media about wsocial.eu I may do it (if the domains are still available).
Journos, you should cover the fediverse!
• Łącze (@Lacze@hear-me.social)
• Wsocial https://w-social.eu Social media platform, an alternative to X ~ ~ Check, help, and share the link to the platform 😊 _____ #twitter #x #socialmedia #Europe #freedom #freespeech #News #technology #Mastodon #Media #opensource #foss• Łącze (hear-me.social -- Tell us)
Andy Scholand
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in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Quokka • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •I was this close to registering a domain name & creating a splash page to expose why wsocial.eu is such a terrible idea.
Why did I stop?
I have a big hunch that their initiative is going to FLOP. Big time.
A fork of Bluesky that requires government ID to post? Bahahahahaha.
Sure you can have rich and powerful friends helping you launch at Davos but getting people excited about a new social network isn't easy.
I will use my limited time in propping up the fediverse instead ✊
W Social
wsocial.euSnowgaze ❄️
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Eric Eggert
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •skribe 🇺🇦
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Ozzie
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •xinit ☕ / 🗑🔥
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •It's a Bluesky fork? My bet was on them pulling a Truth Social with Mastodon code.
Whatever it is, it's just an opportunistic attempt to try to capitalize on people leaving an American service.
v4rd4453n
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Register for a eurosky.social account - one web identity, dozens of apps — eurosky
euroskyElena Rossini ⁂
in reply to v4rd4453n • • •Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Dimitar Stoev
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •This obsession with IDs should stop. We need more liberty and freedom.
The EU could have chosen to transfer their public communication to Mastodon and people would probably follow.
We don't need another algo driven propaganda and data harvesting machine.
caffetino
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •skribe 🇺🇦
in reply to caffetino • • •Dmian 🇪🇺
in reply to skribe 🇺🇦 • • •skribe 🇺🇦
in reply to Dmian 🇪🇺 • • •@dmian @caffetino true evangelism comes from the heart.
Seriously, we could do a lot worse than @_elena (a beautiful, young mother - sorry to be so brutal 🤣 ).
Back in the early days of Linux, all we had neck beards and smelly neck beards. Perhaps that's why it's taken 30+years 🤣 .
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to skribe 🇺🇦 • • •@skribe @dmian @caffetino 😂
Not so young here but the advantage of that is… I used every social media platform under the sun - centralized stuff - for 14+ years and I can confidently say I would have NEVER spent a month making a video in praise of any of them.
On the other hand, my love for the Fediverse is so strong that it was a real pleasure spending 8 hours a day every day making motion graphics for that video. Can’t buy my love 🤗💖
caffetino
in reply to Dmian 🇪🇺 • • •I agree that the Fediverse is growing organically, and that this is a good thing. I enjoy being here and the community feel (and the fact I know I'm not being manipulated by an algorithm).
I think there should be something else too though. Most friends and colleagues haven't heard of the fediverse (until I mention it) and then tell me it's 'too complex to join' before then joining Bluesky. These are folks in tech and science, so if anyone should be interested in this, it's them.
If they think it's too longwinded for them, then I think a centrally managed alternative is necessary, as an alternative to BSky and X. Ideally, IMHO, this should be something compatible with the Fediverse.
Advanced Persistent Teapot
in reply to caffetino • • •@caffetino @dmian @skribe yep, the idea that social networking needs to be able to achieve hyper growth is based on the premise that it will subsequently turn a profit. But do we actually want our socialising to be profitable to someone? I would say not.
Tech bros are trying to crowbar themselves in to the middle of your hangouts in order to make a quid. I say fuck that.
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Advanced Persistent Teapot • • •@http_error_418 beautifully said 💖
@caffetino @dmian @skribe
Jimmothy Baggins
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in reply to DoktorZjivago • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to DoktorZjivago • • •@doktorzjivago priceless 😂
@tante @ikuturso
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •@doktorzjivago P.S.: may I use this if I ever register a domain name to troll them? I’d put it at the very top of the page, LOL
@tante @ikuturso
Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Haha. Eurobros got owned!
They thought if they have the connections to Davos, they can just cash in on some half-assed work, which sells your data.
miiko
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Epic Null
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •One thing the fediverse has going for it is if you really wanted to create a Real Name space, you can do it in a much more sane way - by adding people you meet in the physical world and federating with like-minded instances.
Probably this would be most useful if you are running a school or something and want to provide a social media situation for the students?
Wouter 🇳🇱🇧🇷🇧🇪
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Wouter 🇳🇱🇧🇷🇧🇪 • • •Dec [{()}]
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Wait, there's *another* Euro/Blue/Sky?
Nothing to do with the one from the Modal Foundation (NL)?
eurosky.social/about
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euroskyFou
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •bash2
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •W Social ? Wsocial? Be social! Use Mastodon!
w-social.euKayla Eilhart (en)
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Zkuste Fediverse 😉
wsocial.czElena Rossini ⁂
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in reply to Adrian • • •Antonio
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I think W social is a great idea ! If all the politicians are on there, we can mute or block them all at once 😄
Gondor
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Unknown parent • • •@doktorzjivago I’m so tempted! 😂
@tante @ikuturso
Papa Wheeli
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •Ha! I just registered wsocial.ca (My main domains are wheeli.social and wheeli.ca so it's a nice short form).
Well. I shouldn't browse the Fediverse at night. I might buy a domain I don't need!
Elena Rossini ⁂
in reply to Papa Wheeli • • •Julian Papulian
in reply to Elena Rossini ⁂ • • •#rofl