<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Sunday October 18th – 8:40am]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Sunday October 18th – 8:40am</p><p>15 minute firehose comparison between <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSocial" rel="tag">#<span>WSocial</span></a> (48.2k accounts) and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Eurosky" rel="tag">#<span>Eurosky</span></a> (36.9k accounts). W has 151 events (likes, posts, follows, re-posts) whereas Eurosky has over 5 THOUSAND events.</p><p>Please DO NOT call W a "ghost town", it really triggers their leaders and MEGA fans, ok? They plan to monetize their platform in 2027, ok? Ok?!? </p><p>Hilariously, their co-founder even came up with the hashtag <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NOGhostTown" rel="tag">#<span>NOGhostTown</span></a> <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f47b.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--ghost" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👻" alt="👻" /> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUBigTech" rel="tag">#<span>EUBigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenData" rel="tag">#<span>OpenData</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7f753298-6e43-447e-b7ef-92242429d1d3/sunday-october-18th-8-40am</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:36:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/7f753298-6e43-447e-b7ef-92242429d1d3.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:09:28 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Sunday October 18th – 8:40am on Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:19:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>And apologies dear Fedi friends if I continue to write about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WSocial" rel="tag">#<span>WSocial</span></a>, but I have my reasons:</p><p>1) The platform is fully endorsed by the European Commission!!! With von der Leyen taking time away from G7 meetings to do a video ad for their launch (!!!)</p><p>2) The <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openweb" rel="tag">#<span>openweb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" rel="tag">#<span>privacy</span></a> destroying <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EUKidsAct" rel="tag">#<span>EUKidsAct</span></a> has been discussed between W and the EC during a meeting in early September. If W Identity is the thing implementing it in Europe, we're all in trouble as they publish personal details to the open web</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/117460696247175681</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/117460696247175681</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[_elena@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:19:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Sunday October 18th – 8:40am on Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:14:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/_elena%40mastodon.social" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>_elena</span></a></span> <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://s3.codeofamor.net/custom_emojis/images/000/033/064/original/c1e57dd1b3545045.png" title=":mastolol:" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.codeofamor.net/users/codeofamor/statuses/117460677230112914</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.codeofamor.net/users/codeofamor/statuses/117460677230112914</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[codeofamor@social.codeofamor.net]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:14:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Sunday October 18th – 8:40am on Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:13:17 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/_elena%40mastodon.social">@<span>_elena</span></a></span> Ermagerd... if those numbers didn't spell 'fail', then the need for that hashtag certainly did...</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/paulk/statuses/117460670703067869</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://writing.exchange/users/paulk/statuses/117460670703067869</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[paulk@writing.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 07:13:17 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>