#wsocial — Public Fediverse posts

@agowa338 I know! And please mute the #WSocial hashtag for your own mental health and well-being if my posts about it made you angry/depressed. I would totally do it (if I wasn't reporting about it)

@elena

Ngl, at this point fuck #WSocial, just because of how hard the @EUCommission is trying to push it I'm against it.

You literally don't need to know anything other than that.

Also it's just ruled by a different king. So fuck that anti-democratic shit...

Also the sign up requires ID verification which I'm against at providing for ANY social media...

A story in two pictures:

An article from Euractiv from July stating "Von der Leyen is expected to use her annual State of the Union speech to unveil plans for EU-wide age restrictions on social media". And then a pic of a W Social post announcing the live-stream of the EC state of the Union speech.

This is precisely why I keep speaking up about #WSocial:

We are at a dangerous turning point when it comes to online privacy and it seems that the European Commission has chosen this network because of its built-in age verification.

Truth is: even if their PDS hosts 28k accounts, only 2612 people (as of this morning) have ever published a single post or reply on W.

Their #WIdentity app is so broken, it has mostly one-star ratings on Google Play Store (yes, you read it right, the network of European digital sovereignty requires an app from Google or Apple to verify one's identity).

Most egregiously, W Social does NOT do any content moderation to rein in hate speech. I find daily examples of racist, transphobic and xenophobic posts that are simply allowed. Thankfully on the ATmosphere, people can subscribe to Bluesky, Blacksky or Northsky labelers to hide hate speech. W Social leaders believe in "free speech absolutism" and keep saying that everyone is welcome. Alice Weidel of AfD too, by the way.

I thought W Social would be in violation of the DSA for allowing these messages to stay up, but apparently they are too small of a platform for this rule to apply.

Lately W Social leaders and power users have defined fact-based criticism as "disinformation" and targeted harassment: https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01M0SDV98GRDWQNFF9VHVT9J18

I'm ok with being called a liar and a bully, if my screenshots and video captures of hate speech on the platform can help bring light to this problem.

So be warned, there may be bad news coming at the EC State of the Union in September.

My proposal "Every breath you take - Why real name registration is not for a 'better web' but a better surveillance" will be on the FediDay AND on the Datenspuren :awesome:

So - once in English, once in German

So happy to see you all!

https://berlinfedi.day/ https://datenspuren.de/

@datenspuren @berlinfediday

#Berlin #Dresden #Fediday #Datenspuren #Conference #FOSS #talk #realnameregistration #tech #surveillance #techfascism #ccc #c3d2 #wsocial

I've been trying to get a #GDPR article 15 process going with both #WSocial and their buddy WIdentity for over two months now.

Finally received a reply. It ain't good..

@_elena

Ok, das Netzwerk #WSocial kristallisiert sich als Irrweg heraus. Mit Worten wie „Remigration“ und vergleichbarem Gedankengut will ich nichts zu tun haben. Account gelöscht.

LOL Jemand führt Feindeslisten in Sachen #WSocial.

@elena
Good that you are continuesly sharing that.

Reminds me of a similar, but also totally different aspect:
German GREEN-Party is officially buying Palantir surveillance software where ever they are in power. Their members reject that mostly asking to skip Palantir in favour of "European software".

With your W-social documentation you show very well that "European Software" is not a standard as such - depends from case to case if beneficiary or not and that needs to be very deeply investigated. And you might come up with the great finding that the European is as shitty as the American equivalent)

Thank you for putting the torch where it hurts (my learning: if VonDerLeyen is promoting something, stay away. If the German GREEN party suggest something, start screaming 😉)

@pallenberg

#WSocial #Blacksky #Northsky #WSocial #GoToSocial #SocialMedia

Ei kukaan:

W-social:

#wsocial

Dear friends,

Please gather around for a long post about #WSocial and how they are responding to critiques.

I have noticed a trend: W Social leaders and staunch supporters are describing any critical posts about the company as "targeted disinformation." Its CEO said they will soon have a technical solution in place for this. Oh?!?

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/anna.wsocial.eu/post/3mtqufy6g4s2r

I suppose the "targeted disinformation" claims are about recent posts by the likes of me and @pallenberg about troubling hate speech that is allowed on W Social.

Claims backed by hard evidence, in the form of screenshots and video captures. (I am increasingly doing screen recordings of problematic posts and interactions by W Social people because they have a tendency to delete evidence - like an infamous comment on a video by the Instutute for Remigration).

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Discrediting sources, renaming evidence as "disinformation" and creating a victim narrative has a long, storied history.

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But I'm digressing. I speak up about W Social because:

1. Mainstream media runs PR fluff about them;

2. Horrid hate speech on the platform is completely unmoderated.

W Social is currently showing the limits of free speech absolutism. Its CEO wrote: "We don’t need W to become another echo chamber."

Reminds you of something?

Atmosphere user @echna.bsky.social astutely remarked that "W Social is on an X speedrun, without ever having been like Twitter."

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/echna.bsky.social/post/3mtqlknzork2t

Bluesky, #Blacksky, and #Northsky have mechanisms in place to report hate speech - and I am super thankful for that.

As of today, I cannot report to W Social posts by their users that contain hate speech.

The W Social moderation list's only purpose is to make a distinction between verified users and bots.

Compare it with Blacksky's moderation list and be amazed (see screenshots).

What's the big deal about the lack of content moderation on #WSocial?

Well, I am haunted by some posts by their users.

A repeat offender (routinely posting racist and xenophobic posts) recently commented "Awesome news" to a newspaper article about a Palestinian family drowning in Sussex.

His profile is still up and he's followed by W Social's CEO and its co-founder Ingmar Renzhog (yes I have evidence of this, via a video capture - so even if they unfollow him or delete his account, well, I have proof of my claim).

I agree with "Echna" that W Social is on an X speedrun, allowing racist, transphobic and xenophobic posts. Evidence:

🔗: https://mu.social/profile/elenarossini.com/post/3mth3hwhvzs26

Instead of addressing these critiques head-on - and moderating hate speech - the W Social co-founders are lamenting being subjected to a "targeted disinformation" campaign.

Oh ok?

IMHO free speech absolutism ultimately only coddles far right extremists and is a very dangerous thing.

Would you call this disinformation?

Special thanks to my #GoToSocial account for allowing this message all in one go, without having to break it up in a hundred-post thread.

TL;DR: W Social is taking a dark turn real fast.

#SocialMedia

On the very off chance you're on W, I'm also there as of today at @obialik.wsocial.eu

#WSocial

Update: no verification option without installing an app on my phone. Not going to happen. Social media isn't getting anywhere near my phone.

#mastodon statt #Wsocial

#isso

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@malteengeler

I think that sums it up.

Talked to Svenja Bergt for @tazgetroete about #Wsocial a few weeks ago (not so much infrastructure, though):

https://taz.de/Europaeische-Alternative-W-Social-Ist-das-die-ersehnte-Loesung/!6197674&/

If you are interested in #WSocial and atproto I'd love to hear from you as I am trying to sort some stuff. Looking at the basic elements of atproto (PDS, relay/firehose, appview) it seems to me that

- W Social is merely a PDS-as-a-service with a forked Bluesky app on top,
- Eurosky is a PDS-as-a-service and
- Blacksky is a PDS plus a separate AppView.

Yes?

(I am finishing a text about W Social and will try my best to credit everyone engaging in feedback in a meaningful way.)

What's wrong with W‽
I've recently accessed W. First of all, I should say that it's just as good as Bluesky. But it also promises access to verified people, implying that this could be exclusive, not seeing anyone else in your feed.

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@pallenberg #wsocial - #truthsocial für Europa

Ok currently testing #Wsocial. To me it serves a different purpose to #Mastodon. Personally I will use it specifically to interact with #EU officials and follow what’s going on at legislative level. Perhaps I shall put forward my two pennies worth.

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Proud to be #European

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#WSocial is now trending across Mastodon

Geht mal besser weg von den unsympathischen Faschistenkuschlern #Wsocial! Kommt lieber zu @[email protected]!

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dqyo2dk3kkqgaca3n3ncu2hi/post/3mtdz4kldzsr2

@ulrichkelber
Der Rechtfertigungspost dazu ist auch spannend.

Soll wohl wirklich X auf Deutsch werden mit ähnlichen Wertvorstellungen. Darf meinetwegen gern klein bleiben und wieder in der Irrelevanz verschwinden.

https://mu.social/profile/anna.wsocial.eu/post/3mte4ckgt7s2s

#wsocial

#wsocial is dropping it's masks, as @pallenberg puts it: The CEO Anna Zeiter posted a video by the extreme right

@_elena

via @pallenberg

https://mastodon.social/@pallenberg/117116108619582805

#SocialMedia #tech #TESCREAL #AnnaZeiter #Zeiter #antifascism #fascism #techfascism #identitarebewegung #martinsellner

W-Social deliver us the best reason to avoid this social media service right from the beginning … 🚀🚀🚀🤢🤮 #wsocial #fascism #farright

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tztzxg26o2rdzyceoejkupnw/post/3mtele24svk2n