A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
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@EUCommission how bizarre to be promoting a random VC-funded social network when you've barely put the same effort into promoting Mastodon. This has a shady feeling to it.
"The same" effort? Have they really done that? All I've seen are a couple of posts from them about being on Mastodon.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission Yes we need independent digital spaces, and W is not one. So you're contradicting yourself.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission Nope!
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission
No thanks, why would I?
We're here. It's good and even better.
You chould strengthen the #fediverse by using it. There's no need for another split platform. -
Whether here on our Mastodon server, or on ATproto with new W profile
@ec.europa.eu – we look forward to staying connected with you.@EUCommission no thanks W Social is not open, has waiting lists (like all failed social networks) and is not needed. All the infrastructure exists already with ActivityPub and its numerous applications.
You can suggest W Social to host an ActivityPub technology. -
A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission W is not an alternative if it is closed-source.
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@EUCommission It's kind of crazy that Mastodon never got this kind of promotion and endorsement, unlike this 4 month old platform that came out of nowhere.
@Gargron @EUCommission I guess you did not pay enough.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission the w stands for wtf
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Whether here on our Mastodon server, or on ATproto with new W profile
@ec.europa.eu – we look forward to staying connected with you.@EUCommission wrong platform to brag about that, darling.
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@EUCommission It's kind of crazy that Mastodon never got this kind of promotion and endorsement, unlike this 4 month old platform that came out of nowhere.
@Gargron
It seems someone had political connections or a bunch of money to buy the political connection. -
A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission Could you just explain where W is decentralized as well as an open ecosystem? And how do you define independent?
And aren’t commercial goals and public responsibility slightly conflicting interests, not that politicians seems to have a problem with that?
At least the first and hopefully the last statement remains true.
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@Gargron Mastodon is obviously not the kind of venture capital luring tech that the EU is salivating over @EUCommission
@EUCommission @Gargron @delafin Mastodon is not centrally controlled. That is the problem for the #EU. They want control, verification.
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@EUCommission Could you just explain where W is decentralized as well as an open ecosystem? And how do you define independent?
And aren’t commercial goals and public responsibility slightly conflicting interests, not that politicians seems to have a problem with that?
At least the first and hopefully the last statement remains true.
@blackDragonfly@techhub.social @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu It seems to be based on ATProtocol, a fully decentralized and opensource one.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission read the room
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I am Not in the EU, but even so, I think you and others should see https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ @EUCommission
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@Gargron From what I've read, W is super sketchy and run by a for profit organization. That means they're either planning on selling customer data or feeding ads. No thank you very much.
@mike @Gargron @EUCommission Probably both...
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They want photo ID before people can post there. It's in the last paragraph of this story:
https://www.pcmag.com/news/w-emerges-as-x-alternative-aimed-at-combating-systemic-disinformationIf I lived in Europe, I'd give them a pass.
@mike @weirdfoodie @Gargron @EUCommission Control, control, control … They could have better called it C.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
No, not following you there. Wrong move. Also: ewwww (W is centralized, for-profit, closed-source).
You are more than welcome to stay here among us and continue investing in the #fediverse.
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A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
@EUCommission I'll pass thanks, and stay on here....
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@EUCommission I was on the waitlist for W but I won't be signing up. They promised to be open and all they did was take open source code and close it. That doesn't build trust and if they are willing to lie before they even launch I don't trust them with my id
@daemon_byte @EUCommission Absolutely - don't trust any social media with your ID....
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