Good morning Fedi friends!
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@_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.
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@_elena I think German media is not covering this. But is it an official platform by the EU or a random cash grab?
@barning half-baked attempt by a Swedish non-profit filled with rich people who launched it at Davos
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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!
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@_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?
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@_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?
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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!
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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!
@_elena @MediaActivist Good shout. With venture capital funded startups you only have power at one point in their lifecycle: at the very start when they haven’t scaled yet and don’t yet have network effects. If you can kill their growth curve then, you can kill the startup. If, however, you “give them the benefit of the doubt” so they can use their initial cash injection to scale and achieve network effects, they’re set. They become another Facebook, X, etc. And they remain.
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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!
Until it does not materialize inside the institutions, I don't think it's relevant.
This thing seems pretty much unknown, no real information about the organization, the company, the business model.Just a name and some ugly video @ Davos.
They're hoping / begging EU politicians to *move* from X.
European Commission already has blog/video instances and they don't use them.The W target is some #bluesky european users who both understand the need of decentralization and are enthusiast to give to someone a copy of their documents and migrate.
Full crowds
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@_elena @MediaActivist Good shout. With venture capital funded startups you only have power at one point in their lifecycle: at the very start when they haven’t scaled yet and don’t yet have network effects. If you can kill their growth curve then, you can kill the startup. If, however, you “give them the benefit of the doubt” so they can use their initial cash injection to scale and achieve network effects, they’re set. They become another Facebook, X, etc. And they remain.
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@doktorzjivago @_elena Better look at my english language Mastodon-account. @AnderstS. I've written a post on my blog about the persons and companies behind W Social. In swedish though but easily translated.
https://blog.zaramis.se/2026/01/24/personerna-bakom-w-social-vill-tjana-pengar/ -
@MediaActivist @_elena I go into more detail in my older talks, e.g., this one from six years ago: Ethical Technology or Feudalism?
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@MediaActivist @_elena I go into more detail in my older talks, e.g., this one from six years ago: Ethical Technology or Feudalism?
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@_elena also, https://stage.wsocial.eu is a HUUUGE joke (but a bad one!)
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@aral @MediaActivist same, watching later today 🙏
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@BrennpunktUA @hpod16 ooooh that’s amazing! I should put my SEO skills to good use with the URL I just grabbed :)
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@BrennpunktUA @hpod16 ooooh that’s amazing! I should put my SEO skills to good use with the URL I just grabbed :)
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