Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
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Two pieces of good news for W Social:
1) I may have found the problem that has bricked their network for the past week.
2) This may very well be the LAST article I ever write about them. It's exhausting and stressful and I want to retire from this beat and go back to promoting the Fediverse.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And to my trusted source (a Fedi friend) who found and shared with me brilliant gems: THANK YOU! It's been a real honor collaborating with you
️@_elena maybe their whole code is vibecoded, so nobody can fix it?
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Two pieces of good news for W Social:
1) I may have found the problem that has bricked their network for the past week.
2) This may very well be the LAST article I ever write about them. It's exhausting and stressful and I want to retire from this beat and go back to promoting the Fediverse.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And to my trusted source (a Fedi friend) who found and shared with me brilliant gems: THANK YOU! It's been a real honor collaborating with you
️@_elena
To speak with Neytiri from Avatar:
"This is sad. Very sad only."Well done!
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@_elena maybe their whole code is vibecoded, so nobody can fix it?
@kielkontrovers @_elena wouldn't be a first, and wouldn't suprise me either
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@_elena it angers me that VDL and Lagarde jumped on this bandwagon apparently without any vetting – just based on some weird backroom Davos connections and apparently hold themselves too good for and too high and mighty for a presence on the open democratic #fediverse.
They should plusOne the Fediverse.
#plusOneLeave alone, for God sake which #atproto server they use.
They could eventually change it.Somehow I don't feel like those high ethereal have for real an app on their phone, and they post personally.
They will have a social media manager or someone in care of their social media presence.
Which drive to another question.Why don't they have an account on their @ec.social-network.europa.eu ?
It's money already 'spent'.
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@_elena maybe their whole code is vibecoded, so nobody can fix it?
@kielkontrovers @_elena it's a fork of bluesky sourcecode, which probably none of them really understands
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena LOL
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena I guess I need another coffee because I don't understand how can a Bluesky relay have any impact on a platform that is "owned, run, and hosted in Europe."
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@_elena I guess I need another coffee because I don't understand how can a Bluesky relay have any impact on a platform that is "owned, run, and hosted in Europe."
@aleksei they only host their PDS in Europe. From their FAQ:
"W operates European owned infrastructure for key parts of its service, including Personal Data Server infrastructure, moderation services and other platform components. W is also developing and operating its own AppView infrastructure. During the public beta, however, some user experiences and services may continue to rely on shared or third-party AT Protocol infrastructure, including components originally developed by Bluesky..."
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena I believe their devs are busy on some algorithm and don't have time for troubleshooting. It's something like:
showReplyNumbers = realReplyNumbers^3;
showBoostNumbers = realBoostNumbers^4;
showLikesNumbers = realLikesNumbers * 3;Currently, they are working to add some sort of random(); to make it look less obvious while their management intensifies marketing efforts.
/1!11
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Two pieces of good news for W Social:
1) I may have found the problem that has bricked their network for the past week.
2) This may very well be the LAST article I ever write about them. It's exhausting and stressful and I want to retire from this beat and go back to promoting the Fediverse.
Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And to my trusted source (a Fedi friend) who found and shared with me brilliant gems: THANK YOU! It's been a real honor collaborating with you
️@_elena Thank you for your reporting on how much of a dumpster fire W social is.
I also think it would be a good thing that you take a much needed break from it. The toxic fumes do harm the brain.
Health first
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/ -
@aleksei yes! and the platform was bricked when user 1859 registered... so it's been unusable for a full week for 3100+ users out of 5000
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena Schadenfreude my old friend...
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@_elena it angers me that VDL and Lagarde jumped on this bandwagon apparently without any vetting – just based on some weird backroom Davos connections and apparently hold themselves too good for and too high and mighty for a presence on the open democratic #fediverse.
They should plusOne the Fediverse.
#plusOne@leanderlindahl @_elena well VDL and Lagarde endorsing this was the “red flag” as they say these days.
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@kielkontrovers @_elena it's a fork of bluesky sourcecode, which probably none of them really understands
When I inspected the Android APK, saw the same default assets that can be found in the bsky app sourcecode, e.g. https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/blob/main/assets/app-icons/android_icon_core_aurora.png
They only replaced the "ios_icon_default_next" one
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena well, well, well. If only there wad a ready-to-deploy, battle tested, and opensource solution for this problem. But as usual in this unjust and dreary world the surveillance capitalist need to do everything from scratch. All a lone, without help. Or rhyme or reason.
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When I inspected the Android APK, saw the same default assets that can be found in the bsky app sourcecode, e.g. https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/blob/main/assets/app-icons/android_icon_core_aurora.png
They only replaced the "ios_icon_default_next" one
@miquel @kielkontrovers @_elena Wow... Why am I working my ass off writing code when I could be out there copying open source projects and slapping a new logo on them? 🤯
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Scoop: #WSocial has been experiencing major technical problems for over a week: it is effectively a ghost town, filled with thousands of new accounts that cannot use the platform.
Because my new article contains a possible solution to their problem, by the time you read this the issue may have been fixed. Or not. It has been going on for 7+ days, with complete radio silence by its developers and founders.
My exclusive:
: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-a-broken-ghost-town/@_elena , your article is such a friendly and open review. I enjoyed reading. Not to bump you into more w social research, ... ok, I'll say nothing
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