Post B6BX7Wg3OK9ro0NX72 by _elena@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B6BX7Sz37kyaLlEeAK by _elena@mastodon.social
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       Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network?Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU. You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths:https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/#OpenWashing
       
 (DIR) Post #B6BX7UKi6htgXENSZE by _elena@mastodon.social
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       Regarding my W Social exposé: it was months in the making and I could have written a LOT more, showing additional examples of technical blunders, but I kept it "brief" at 3500 words 😅 I ran out of characters to tag all the awesome people I mentioned in the piece: @doktorzjivago (thanks for the top notch meme), @tom @mapache and @Em0nM4stodon And special thanks to people who volunteered to proof-read a draft and gave me fantastic feedback: @bitzero and @DataKnightmare It takes a village ❤️
       
 (DIR) Post #B6BX7Wg3OK9ro0NX72 by _elena@mastodon.social
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       I just refreshed the #WSocial website and it's showing a MAJOR redesign... with a label at the top stating "built on the open AT-protocol." This is the first time ever they acknowledge this – I know, as I've been visiting their website for MONTHS and also never heard about this in any interviews. So the claims in my exposé stand (the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine would confirm this).Of note: they changed their URL from wsocial.eu to wsocial.newsBTW thanks for all your feedback ❤️