158
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype (blog.elenarossini.com)
submitted 5 days ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
22 comments fedilink hide all child comments

An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.

all 23 comments
sorted by: hot top new old
[-] GalacticSushi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 days ago

requires government ID to sign up

🤮

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago

Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

I hadn't heard of this W thing. And this does not inspire confidence.

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

It’s worth reading the whole thing. Elena Rossini consistently produces great stuff and this is no different.

[-] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Thanks for the recommendation, I usually don't read the articles themselves unless they say something controversial to fact check, but this was a very interesting and through read.

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

That’s lovely to hear! This article has since made its way to an MEP so hopefully the findings will also reach those in power so they don’t make the mistake of supporting it.

[-] bufalo1973@piefed.social 17 points 5 days ago

First time I read that stupid name. Is it W to go before X?

[-] egrets@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Hilarious that it's Europe-focused but they've given it a name that's at least a little different in nearly every language.

I'll send you a link; do you have a Dáblio account?

No, I'm only on Weh.

[-] squaresinger@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

"Weh, never heard of it. I only have doppiavu."

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

"what are those? I only know duplavé."

[-] nullify3112@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Sorry mate, I’m on DabbleYou. Must be a different thing.

[-] Meron35@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

They really tried to hype an L as a W

[-] Lanske@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Good article, and i am happy staying on the fediverse

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 5 days ago

Sounds amazing lmao

[-] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 days ago

I think you misspelled authoritarian.

[-] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

I think the lmao was to indicate sarcasm? Maybe?

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago

Yes

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

It's pronounced /s ?

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 points 5 days ago

No

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 5 days ago

Some people just dont like communication :p

[-] TachyonTele@piefed.social 0 points 4 days ago

Thousands of years of written language, and you can't understand simple sarcasm without a neon sign

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Someone doesn't know about Poe's law. There is a reason our internet forebears invented /s

[-] Kissaki@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

How do you pronounce /?

this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
158 points (98.2% liked)

Technology

84603 readers
4321 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws