Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted.

@ricci @azuidhof for a moment I really thought the EU was wasting money and time on this. But it’s only a bunch of independent organizations/companies that are reinventing the wheel again. This will fail before it’s even started.

Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted. It showed nothing in Europe.

But their map is wrong.

Here's what Mastodon actually looks like, and what the Fediverse as a whole actually looks like.

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/?source=fedi

@azuidhof @mfr they're actually using atproto, which is what Bluesky runs on, so I give them a little more chance of success because of that

@ricci @azuidhof ah , I didn’t look that far. But then it’ll be just another instance on an existing network methinks, or do they want to be decoupled and make a Chinese walled version?

@ricci can you point me to a source that "the EU" has launched that network? With a CEO from Switzerland, famously not an EU member?

@ricci

Maybe only tech bro corporate social media sites count.

Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted. It showed nothing in Europe.

But their map is wrong.

Here's what Mastodon actually looks like, and what the Fediverse as a whole actually looks like.

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/?source=fedi

@ricci

Isn't the EU also on Mastodon?

Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted. It showed nothing in Europe.

But their map is wrong.

Here's what Mastodon actually looks like, and what the Fediverse as a whole actually looks like.

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/?source=fedi

@ricci It’s undercounting for sure. I don’t see mine on there for instance. I run GoToSocial.

@johan yeah, I'm guessing you probably have the option to hide public stats turned on? my crawler respects that option

@ricci weird, this seems to omit mastodon.nz and mastodon.au @xrobau

@ricci Possibly? ‍️ I’ll go check cause I don’t actually mind to be findable

@colinburgess @xrobau thanks maybe I can pull this kind of thing from their API, I'll check

Also, unrelated, I'm the owner of xrob.org so uh hi

@jollysea I realize they are not a government entity. But they are using a .eu domain (yes I know basically anyone can get one) so clearly this is the way they're trying to sell themselves

@ricci I'm not sure if the data in FediDB is accurate.
mastodon.uno has an Italian description but is stated to be hosted in France.
https://fedidb.com/software/mastodon?search=uno&region=europe

@fedidb what is the information source for the location in FediDB?

@colinburgess @xrobau

@ricci I think its a good idea to own one's mistakes and make it clear when you edit a post. I agree with you on the substance, they are selling themselves for something they are not.

Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted. It showed nothing in Europe.

But their map is wrong.

Here's what Mastodon actually looks like, and what the Fediverse as a whole actually looks like.

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online/map/?source=fedi

@ricci
Even naming themselves after X, which is Elon's blind path and not the Twitter many fell into an abusive but somewhat beneficial relationship with, is a red flag.