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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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[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

Interesting post. Thanks for sharing.

I hadn't heard of this W thing. And this does not inspire confidence.

[–] Meron35@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

They really tried to hype an L as a W

[–] 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.

[–] FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago

It’s worth reading the whole thing. Elena Rossini consistently produces great stuff and this is no different.

[–] Lanske@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Good article, and i am happy staying on the fediverse

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think you misspelled authoritarian.

[–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think the lmao was to indicate sarcasm? Maybe?

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Some people just dont like communication :p

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thousands of years of written language, and you can't understand simple sarcasm without a neon sign

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Someone doesn't know about Poe's law. There is a reason our internet forebears invented /s

[–] Kissaki@feddit.org 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)