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Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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@_elena @euronews This is quite strange, since the EU seems to host a mastodon instance for the officials https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/explore
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@luca they should have come out publicly to clarify the confusion. They didnāt. And it speaks volumes, showing their moral compass. Of course the ambiguity added to the hype.
It took 9 DAYS to get the first news report that was fact-checked. Unbelievable.
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Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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@renef @_elena @euronews W is not positioning itself as a Mastodon alternative. It's a centrally operated platform with algorithms, fundamentally different from Mastodon's federated model. W requires mandatory identity verification (to reduce bots) while Mastodon prioritizes pseudonymity. Very different beasts.
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@renef @_elena @euronews W is not positioning itself as a Mastodon alternative. It's a centrally operated platform with algorithms, fundamentally different from Mastodon's federated model. W requires mandatory identity verification (to reduce bots) while Mastodon prioritizes pseudonymity. Very different beasts.
@inVinnieVeritas @_elena @euronews W still acts as if there is no alternative to US social media, which is just bullshit.
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@inVinnieVeritas @_elena @euronews W still acts as if there is no alternative to US social media, which is just bullshit.
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the people behind it are not techies and it shows.
The CEO spoke of a social media network on European cloud infrastructure as if it was a miraculous thing / never seen before.
HELLO? There are thousands of Fediverse instances fully hosted in Europe. And now some Bluesky PDSs too (only mentioning it because W is a fork of Bluesky).
Iād be shocked if W gets any traction / is still around a year from now
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@renef @inVinnieVeritas šÆ
the people behind it are not techies and it shows.
The CEO spoke of a social media network on European cloud infrastructure as if it was a miraculous thing / never seen before.
HELLO? There are thousands of Fediverse instances fully hosted in Europe. And now some Bluesky PDSs too (only mentioning it because W is a fork of Bluesky).
Iād be shocked if W gets any traction / is still around a year from now
@_elena @inVinnieVeritas I think it's fine they're trying, competition never hurts. What I personally dislike is how the media is ignoring Mastodon. I realize it's harder to use than "traditional" social media services, but that is no reason to act as if it doesn't exist.
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@_elena @inVinnieVeritas I think it's fine they're trying, competition never hurts. What I personally dislike is how the media is ignoring Mastodon. I realize it's harder to use than "traditional" social media services, but that is no reason to act as if it doesn't exist.
@renef @inVinnieVeritas I thought you meant Ā«Ā Mastadon Ā» right?
Terrible joke but thatās how the media usually spell itā¦ itās as if they either ignore it on purpose or completely fumble their coverage (like Radio France yesterday that ran with a piece that claimed Eugen had quit his own network out of frustration with user behavior). Excuse me, what? Itās unbelievable
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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@sharan why would anyone want to join a billionaire-owned social media platform? š«
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@sharan why would anyone want to join a billionaire-owned social media platform? š«
@_elena I dunno. I was there, I'm not anymore. But having government as a failsafe for billionaires - I mean, the majority of those are in their pockets.
I think Mastodon is the only viable option at the moment.
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@_elena I dunno. I was there, I'm not anymore. But having government as a failsafe for billionaires - I mean, the majority of those are in their pockets.
I think Mastodon is the only viable option at the moment.
@sharan watch out you may draw the ire of Fedi enthusiasts. Maybe we can say that the Fediverse (with all its FOSS software solutions) is the only viable option?
Thereās so much good stuff here, from Friendica to Sharkey, GoToSocial, PeerTube. Something for everyone āŗļø
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@molly0xfff I don't really understand this situation. Is this connected to the continuous devaluation of the US-$ in the last weeks?
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This is like moving from an on-fire dumpster to a dumpster that is not on fire but could burst into flames at any second.
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it does not seem to me to bode well that theyāre getting this nervous when the bitcoin price hasnāt even dropped below $80,000
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Lāultima lettera dāamore di Enrica Tesio
Lāultima lettera ĆØ la lettera impossibile. Ci dovrebbe stare dentro tutto. La passione, il rimpianto, le frasi ad effetto, le recriminazioni, i detti e i non detti. Ci deve stare unāultima parola che non sia fine, che fine lāabbiamo usata, urlata, dichiarata, ci abbiamo armeggiato e duellato, lāabbiamo promessa e spergiurata, fino a svuotarla di significato ā¦ https://cctm.website/lultima-lettera-damore/
#enricatesio #lettera #amore #cctmwebsite #anoipiaceleggere #leggere
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@mora @fucinafibonacci @attualita
l'intervista va sentita, esprime una mediocrita' imbarazzante, per non dire altro
