Launching their new social network, W, the EU posted a map of where other social networks are hosted.
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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.
@ricci This is so cool!
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@ricci This is so cool!
@phreaknerd glad you like it!
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@xrobau @colinburgess @ricci Cannot… resist…
Hi, Bruce!
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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.
@ricci
I had thought perhaps they weren't showing the local servers in order to protect them. -
@ozzelot yeah I don't know they think they're trying to do here
@ricci
I think they're trying to do European Big Tech, blissfully unaware that Big Tech is seen by many as one of America's many illnesses, not a goal to strive towards. (Or aware and they think that point of view is wrong somehow.) -
@ricci
I think they're trying to do European Big Tech, blissfully unaware that Big Tech is seen by many as one of America's many illnesses, not a goal to strive towards. (Or aware and they think that point of view is wrong somehow.)@ozzelot that's where I'm at for sure
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@ricci I bet it’s owned by another bunch of techbros. Just techbros not from USA.
Let’s call them ’Eurobros’ because they just want to do a repeat inside Europe of what the neoliberal project managed to make of the US.
@gimulnautti @ricci Surveillance photo of Eurobros financing the hosting deal
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@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.The idea I presume is mainly for Brussels to be able to say "We're not dependent on american big tech" and win good boy points with Evropeans.
It would be nice if all EU government entities used something where their posts could be accessed from the outside, but since i read you'll have to send a photo of your penis in order to use W, I wont hold my breath.
Also let's keep in mind this is a for-profit company. It's not some kind of an official TWITTER of Europe.
CC: @ricci@discuss.systems
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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.
@ricci I don't see any Misskey instance on the map, is it just a bug or Misskey problem?
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@ricci I don't see any Misskey instance on the map, is it just a bug or Misskey problem?
@crse not a "problem" per se, misskey chooses not to report active user numbers, so I have no data on them to report. Plenty of parts of the fediverse opt not to be counted
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