@_elena great spelunking!

@_elena I didn't know W Social was such a dishonest project, good to know. I won't be using it if it requires my id anyways, but I'll also warn my friends.

This is a very good exposé, @_elena. And W Social like this looks like an (un-)intentional attempt to weaken the upcoming European digital sovereignty.

@_elena Never heard of W Social, but thank you for your critical analysis! What do you think about Eurosky?

@gelbphoenix thank you Lina! And I LOVED your post about Bluesky/ATproto and mention it all the time

@_elena honestly, looking at those sites, it seems W Social has investors behind it and has purchased press releases. And only then some real media picked up on it.

@ee

@_elena seeing how gullible people on X are, though, is really something...

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@ee I know! I'm telling you, the first ten days there was ZERO fact-checking being done... and so this myth has kept circulating

@_elena aaaaaargggggggghhh I'm sorry you had to go through that!

@_elena

Après cinéaste et photographe, tu pourrais maintenant ajouter journaliste d'enquête.

Merci pour cet article très fouillé et très recherché.

@MichelPatrice hahaha merci Michel !

@_elena At least for me it's clear... W social is a financial project to grap some founding money. It's not a project with European sovereignty in mind or with sovereignty for Europeans.

Therefore, it should be avoided.

@_elena cc @FediVariety

@_elena thank you, for doing the work journalism / media should have been doing!

@_elena Monet being like: Am I a joke to you?

@_elena

I've also seen references to a BlackSky SM platform which seems to be another Bluesky clone? ‍️

@_elena Thanks! Let's hope the message lands!

Journalism has been disappointing. One journalist picking up on it was working for Dutch NOS. On launch she asked "Bluesky fork?" and got shut down with a "we'll share tech details later".

>Eurosky .. carefully planned out,

But also dishonest. Eurosky is an offshoot from a failed global grift now trying the Europe angle.

On launch I emailed back-and-forth with them multiple times to fix their privacy policy. Even now they make false claims.

@_elena thanks for unmasking the effort. looking forward to the complete unmasking of who is behind it.

@_elena and #Wedium (again W) is just as shady. https://www.rnd.de/wirtschaft/wedium-und-w-social-jetzt-kommen-die-europaeischen-social-media-alternativen-RY5VRNGZXFDXFBCUNSZMZRM6SY.html

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