Good morning Fedi friends!

[_elena@mastodon.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/115943470860977033

Good morning Fedi friends!

Thank you to all the people who participated in my poll. I plan to write a blog post early next week about all the problematic aspects of #WSocial. And I grabbed a URL that makes for a perfect shortlink / redirect to the article.

Given the massive media coverage here in France, I strongly believe it's not wise to stay silent and wish W Social away.

Quick note: I'll be offline most of the day at a child's birthday party.

Have a great day! And yay Minnesota!

[tomstoneham@dair-community.social]

@_elena

Great work!

Presumably, like #EuroSky, it is a long way from launch.

So we need to leverage the noise/hype to get journalists and others to try #Mastodon out of curiosity and find something already mature and established.

#JoanMastodon

[barning@norden.social]

@_elena I think German media is not covering this. But is it an official platform by the EU or a random cash grab?

[nhoizey@mamot.fr]

@_elena where did you see/ear "massive media coverage here in France"? I’m listening to France Info everyday for at least 30 minutes, and didn’t ear about W even once.

[daniel@masto.art4.se]

@_elena noting here in Sweden, and we are the ones who gonna admin it.

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@nhoizey

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@barning half-baked attempt by a Swedish non-profit filled with rich people who launched it at Davos

[doktorzjivago@mastodonsweden.se]

@_elena Sounds good! Oh and @Anders_S had some insight about the company / companies behind it after some thorough research. I’m sure you can ask him about it

[nhoizey@mamot.fr]

@_elena if they all talk about it once, it’s probably just because they all copy/paste AFP news, without much actual journalism.

This is why I try to get just one big relevant source and not read/listen to it too much.

Did some media talk about W multiple times?

[sl007@digitalcourage.social]

@nhoizey @_elena

agree to both !
There is a subtle difference between "massive" and "diverse" media coverage !!! (!)

[US Disclaimer]: Do not share this post, your president disallows the word "diverse".

[nhoizey@mamot.fr]

@sl007 that disclaimer! 😅

@_elena