Post #2235669
2026-05-08 17:51 UTC
Replies (16)
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@oblomov@sociale.network 2026-05-08 17:58
@_elena@mastodon.social still no mention of Mastodon or the Fediverse, LOL. That .news TLD really brings back to memory that failed attempt to capture the Xodus and the short-lived post.news experiment (shut down in 2024) https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/post-news-the-a16z-funded-twitter-alternative-is-shutting-down/ Taking bets on how long W will last!
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@ee@mastodon.nl 2026-05-08 18:04
@_elena@mastodon.social that’s better. I still think the thing will fail. I also highly suspect it is vibe-coded, at the very least the website front-end is.
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@krafting@mamot.fr 2026-05-08 18:31
@_elena@mastodon.social AT Proto ? sad
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@chewie@mammut.gogreenit.net 2026-05-08 19:11
@_elena@mastodon.social And sadly, https://w-social.eu doesn't exist any more ;(
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@MichelPatrice@jasette.facil.services 2026-05-08 19:18
@_elena@mastodon.social Félicitations, Elena Bly* Rossini. (* Nellie Bly, trailblazing female figure in investigative journalism.)
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@mpb@typent.net 2026-05-08 19:35
Fork Bluesky or any other software and call it your own. And on top of that, they receive financial support from the government.
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@hannes99@mastodon.social 2026-05-08 19:47
@_elena@mastodon.social yes, I noticed the (probably only temporary) redirect to wsocial.news, too. They must have set it only today in the afternoon, as confirms https://web.archive.org/web/20260506062956/https://wsocial.eu/public/signup, too. More things I noticed: 1) they advertise with random Bluesky posts as one from Annalena Baerbock, also the "topic chart" refers to Bluesky, while some very first WSocial server posts exist. 2) they explicitly advertise an article about W Social from the now pro-Russian, far-right German newspaper "Berliner Zeitung".
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@andypiper@macaw.social 2026-05-08 20:39
@_elena@mastodon.social the "trusted feed" thing will be interesting. I'm trying out eYou Social - mobile-only for now, fully proprietary, but, it also promises an EU-based, trusted platform. The "trust" element comes via an AI verification that happens on *every* post; and it gets tripped up (?) on certain things... just imagine posting about the rights of certain groups in society - opinion, or fact? Hmm! It's a dangerous and tricky path, and those AIs are not always great at that. 😬 Let's see how W does.
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@kaifi@pitha.social 2026-05-08 20:18
@_elena@mastodon.social like genuinely, there's nothing more european of a social network than @Mastodon@mastodon.social ! But they're trying so hard to fit and blend into America and anything related to it 😭
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@mapache@hachyderm.io 2026-05-08 20:29
@_elena@mastodon.social I mean that is good, if they reconsider some of their things is always good
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@fablog@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 04:19
@_elena@mastodon.social Seems like your exposé triggered this change of mind. 😎 Powerful woman 👍
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@ikuturso@mastodon.social 2026-05-09 08:37
@_elena@mastodon.social it's pretty interesting they still really want to avoid saying "Bluesky" and only say "AT-proto". Almost every other project goes as far as including "sky" in their name and repeatedly mentions Bluesky because that's the thing some people might know at this point so it's good marketing... Except if you're trying to present yourself as the new European social platform that replaces the US ones such as Bluesky I guess.
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@vicwalker@app.wafrn.net 2026-05-09 18:59
@_elena@mastodon.social They are less reluctant to say they are using atproto now because they even showed up to the atproto conference back in March This other reply of mine has more info and valuable video footage of W Social's lightning talk at the conference https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/bfb50117-9ea3-4bc3-88fa-4c8a30f58265
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@OliviaVespera@spacey.space 2026-05-10 16:46
@_elena@mastodon.social they clearly read your blog
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@mu@posting.solutions 2026-05-12 12:06
@_elena@mastodon.social Why everything must be terrible?
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@klausblog@mastodon.social 2026-05-14 08:45
@_elena@mastodon.social I don't know if you saw this short interview with the CEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTLAEbS-fkc She mentioned that they work with Trust Anchor Group(Swedish company) for identity checks. https://www.trustanchorgroup.com