Amazing.

[lowlevel@mastodon.social]

@aral @nicolasvivant
they're keen not to mention any fediverse competitor, the only real alternative.

[pre@boing.world]

@aral @nicolasvivant But they don't want a federated alternative owned by nobody, they want a government panopticon that they own and control themselves, not some decentralized un-owned un-controlable alternative.

I will not be registering, certainly.

[nicolasvivant@colter.social]

@toon @aral @6d03

I support mine, since I administrate/moderate/pay for it :)

[mdione@en.osm.town]

@ramshackle @aral in Spain's Spanish it's "u-ve do-ble", 4 syllables :-P

[mathew@universeodon.com]

@bargo @aral @nicolasvivant The closed platforms all got their key ideas from Usenet, which was federated and predates them all. Threaded conversations like this, for example, are an idea copied from Usenet.

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@GutterPoetry @nicolasvivant Not our only two options (thank fuck).

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@aral @nicolasvivant

They definitely were talking notes from #Bluesky Jay Graber's disingenuous 'decentralized' charm offensive.

[fenixmaster@mastodon.social]

@aral @nicolasvivant Do not use wsocial.

[fedi@mast.lat]

@aral @nicolasvivant here is a picture of W Social's CEO on LinkedIn. "Make Europe Great Again"

[bob@epicyon.libreserver.org]

@aral Totally predictable.

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@fedi @nicolasvivant *smdh*

[doktorzjivago@mastodonsweden.se]

@mastodonmigration @aral @nicolasvivant I checked it and the company is actually registered in Sweden. It’s amazing that they think they can attract regular people with a “top-bottom”-approach by first courting tech companies and LinkedIn peeps . At least bluesky started with the furries and lgbtqia+ people

[craignicol@glasgow.social]

@fedi @aral @nicolasvivant ok. W definitely stands for wankers then

[davidt@indieweb.social]

@FediThing @fedi @aral @nicolasvivant I don't understand - why are we hating a European tech startup here? Have I missed something? Surely we want more EU startups?

[aapis@mastodon.world]

@fedi @aral @nicolasvivant ☹️

[aral@mastodon.ar.al]

@davidt @FediThing @fedi @nicolasvivant Yeah, I think you missed the exit to Bluesky and ended up at Mastodon.

[jussi_og@mementomori.social]

@fedi @aral @nicolasvivant truly pitiful

[davidt@indieweb.social]

@FediThing @fedi @aral @nicolasvivant I hear you, the reason the US is so successful in building that infrastructure that we're all now so hooked on and deeply embedded within though is because of VC startups - I don't think governments and institutions have the risk appetite for stuff like this. Besides, do you think W creators would have instead worked on infrastructure if not for this? I don't think so personally. We can have both!

[pedrobizbikedu@mastodon.world]

@fedi @aral @nicolasvivant Cringe-worthy. At this juncture, cosplaying fascists isn’t edgy or ironic, it’s just stupid and counterproductive.

[aslakr@mastodon.social]

@fabio @nicolasvivant @aral And it seems like they are going to rely on AI for moderation/filtering and will not ban accounts. I guess fascist would be ok.

The clip where the CEO say they won't ban people https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxOqOEys_yr23eTXrV4CiYJf5S4Nmim1Zf?si=KTernWSN8HRmP7Dv