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#WSocial #AnnaZeiter #ATproto

> group of C-level executives

Yep, that's how I think of them too. 😀

My top 3 "favorite" (aka juicy) discoveries about #WSocial, which I discuss on my blog:

🔗 : blog.elenarossini.com/the-unto…

1) The co-founders picked #ATproto but only started using the network WEEKS after their Davos launch

2) The CEO said "we also want to keep European data in Europe to maybe train European AI models with our data because we also have amazing AI companies in Europe" 🤯

3) W Social user "homersimpson"

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The Untold Story About W Social: Unconventional Beginnings, Strategic Pitches and Conflicting Signals

A deep dive into the origin story of W Social, an analysis of the strategic arguments they have been using to appeal to government officials, media companies and advertisers... and the discussion of conflicting signals they have been sending

^{Elena Rossini}

Nice work. Absolutely something I would boost across other networks if I still had accounts on them!

(also, BeReal is still around?!)

Wow superbe recherche !
Donc, en somme... C'est de la merde. Ou werde on pourrait dire.

Je n'ai pas fait 1% de ta recherche. Mais en faisant le sign up, ça m'as beaucoup fâché que j'étais invité à utiliser GOOGLE pour la création du compte... Ils se vendent comme un produit / réseau européen indépendant... Et PAF, Google. J'ai fait un post pour me plaindre à ce sujet et je n'y suis plus jamais allé à nouveau.

Elena's new business card :

Elena Rossini
Mastodon
Marketing and investigation

I think the motives are easy.

1. They want to make money.
2. Politicians want to appear to be doing something about social media along various axes (age gates, identity, sovereignty)
3. "We have a product ready to go, give us funding / move your social presence to us / write laws that match our behaviour and cause problems for our competitors" is a tried and tested way to get market dominance.

Very well done!

I'm still amazed that so many people think all they have to do is "talk a good game" once they make all the connections, all the while thinking that they're so stealthy and sneaky enough to bypass any suspicions, and then, "just a little bit more, and we'll fool everybody".

I swear they just can't help themselves and still end up with a massive trail of breadcrumbs for someone to find, and in this case, that someone was you.

Of course, Jesuit bullspit inbound.

Y'all in Europe need to start repenting of your Catholicism. This is why Europe is getting destroyed. Us Americans are getting destroyed by divine judgment as well.

German #SWR1 will broadcast an interview with Anna Zeiter (CEO #WSocial) tomorrow

Edit: here's the video (in German) for who wants to watch: ardmediathek.de/video/swr1-leu…

If you're from the south-west of Germany or have questions or feedback you want to share with the editors, here you go: swr.de/swr1/bw/swr1bw-mail-ins…

SWR1 Leute: Prof. Anna Zeiter | W Social: Neue Social Media-Plattform aus Europa - hier anschauen

W Social soll das europäische X werden und Europa im digitalen Bereich unabhängiger machen. Am 9. Mai ist die Social Media-Plattform im Beta-Modus gestartet.

^{www.ardmediathek.de}