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An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.

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[–] bufalo1973@piefed.social 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

First time I read that stupid name. Is it W to go before X?

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hilarious that it's Europe-focused but they've given it a name that's at least a little different in nearly every language.

I'll send you a link; do you have a Dáblio account?

No, I'm only on Weh.

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Weh, never heard of it. I only have doppiavu."

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"what are those? I only know duplavé."

[–] nullify3112@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Sorry mate, I’m on DabbleYou. Must be a different thing.