@_elena @EUCommission

https://netzpolitik.org/2014/fuenf-jahre-nach-zensursula-stellt-die-bundesregierung-fest-loeschen-statt-sperren-funktioniert/

Top-down decisions, however… are a separate matter.

https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/

It seems Ursula von der Leyen prefers W Social over Mastodon. I want to know why? Because she could have already used the EU Commission instance she is working for.

And why is W Social so important for her that it's announced during G7? She is a representative and her words have a lot of power.

I assume she has done her research on alternatives before dropping things on important meetings. Why was Mastodon not an option?

I just want the EU Commission to use it and talk about it https://ec.social-network.europa.eu

But Ursula von der Leyen is not active there. Don't know if she even tried and why not?

In Germany we already have:

For federal authorities https://social.bund.de

For the state I'm living https://nrw.social

Instances for cities e.g. https://bonn.social

VIP accounts with relevance https://netzbegruenung.de/blog/das-ende-der-dominanz-microblogging-wandel-in-deutschland-in-zahlen/

You can do commerce without profit. You can invest in your organization without profit. In fact, business expenses are explicitly not counted as profits. Only money kept by the ownership are.

On the other hand, "Eurosky" sounds like off-brand Bluesky. I've been intentionally not reading about it for months now, and when I finally did do basic googling today, was surprised by their pitch.

"You don't need a formal conspiracy when interests converge. These people went to the same universities, they're on the same boards of directors, they're in the same country clubs, they have like interests, they don't need to call a meeting, they know what's good for them and they're getting it." - George Carlin

Also:

"It's a large club, and you're not invited." -George Carlin

But the whole world would be to much for one instance. Even more if we want to promote the other use cases like video, shorts, photos, podcasts, events, blogs, sport tracks, books and so on too.

The EU should help setting up instances as public infrastructure and start promoting the ones they already have, instead of lobby marketing.

https://journa.host/@occrp/116766567782044882

When something this fishy is going on you can be sure that a lot of money is changing hands and a "not-for-public-knowledge" agenda is being implemented behind the scenes.

IMO the answers to your top 3 questions are probably something like:
1) shhh of course but I won't acknowledge that to you.

2) irrelevant--the image of being "the"
European alternative is the important thing, and besides (shhh) some components need to be hosted in places where certain inconvenient EU privacy laws don't apply, and

3) Because we wouldn't be able to manipulate it or any other open source platform to our goals.

@EUCommission @aral

Maybe @noybeu can do something?