European Commission
A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces.
We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist.
Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web.
And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!
GJ Groothedde 🇪🇺
@Gargron
I agree.
@EUCommission
Aad "Antifa" Schippers 🇪🇺
@EUCommission No thanks, I'm not even remotely interested in joining yet another for profit startup.
What @aral says: (source https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/)
Aral Balkan
@aadschippers @EUCommission Alt text: Screenshot of @_elena’s article on W Social (detail):
“Balkan then addressed the issue of identity verification - which is required by W Social:
It's very concerning - but again, not surprising - to see folks from the European Commission jumping on this particular bandwagon. Especially given the commission's push for identity verification (under the guise of age verification - as lobbied for by Meta) and W Social's plans to make identity verification a core part of their system. My fear is that W Social is just another for-profit Big Tech startup that happens to be based in the EU. We don't need that. We don't need more European surveillance capitalists and people farmers. We need ethical alternatives working for the common good.”
Aral Balkan
@EUCommission https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/116764732093075287
Corinna Balkow
@EUCommission haha
This is a joke!
Right?
You don't expect people here to follow you on venture capital funded, forced id upload, welcome to afd Nazis network??
Marlin :antifa:
@EUCommission Yeah, promoting a platform that intends to become a nazi bar is certainly a good idea /s
cogito ergo mecagoendios
@EUCommission Well that's some nerve coming to the fediverse to adverstise a cash-grab social network
- Built on a whim in five minutes and with such pauper decentralization that it only federated with ATproto months after launch
- Gaslighting journalists by pretending to be "the first" EU network and stealing credit for decades of grassroots work
- Lobbying government officials and institutions to join to use them as ransom to get citizens to follow
- That on top of that has gone closed source
🐧DaveNull🐧 ☣️pResident Evil☣
@EUCommission No thanks, I wouldn't touch a proprietary, for-profit, VC-funded, surveillance capitalism, "social-media" just because you wrongly claim it's "open ecosystem"
It's so toxic by design I wouldn't even approach it wearing level A Personal Protective Equipment…
Let alone the fact it was named after Musk's nazi bar "X"… 🤮
Frisk
@EUCommission If EU Commission migrating their Bluesky account to W Social isn't a perfect example showing how European Commission has been captured by corporate interests then I don't know what is. To someone increasingly interested in democratic systems, it's so obvious to see just that. Disappointed is to say nothing.
Gina
@EUCommission how bizarre to be promoting a random VC-funded social network when you've barely put the same effort into promoting Mastodon. This has a shady feeling to it.
I🤖Retrobots
@Gargron @EUCommission Did they at least offer you an account?
stux⚡️
@EUCommission No thanks, I’ve spend years and years and tens of thousands maybe over 100K at this point on this amazing community
This is my home 🏠
European Commission
Whether here on our Mastodon server, or on ATproto with new W profile 👉 @ec.europa.eu – we look forward to staying connected with you.
Vinnie (any)
@EUCommission nope, we're good. Have fun at the nazi-bar.
Robert Kingett
I am Not in the EU, but even so, I think you and others should see https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/ @EUCommission
Carsten Franke
@Gargron
It seems someone had political connections or a bunch of money to buy the political connection.
Steve's Place
@Gargron @EUCommission If I didn't know better, which I don't, I'd suspect money changed hands.
Eugen Rochko
@ChasMusic @esvrld@normal.style Yes! Check out the hashtag #plushtodon for examples. If you're in the US you can still get one from our shop: https://shop.joinmastodon.org/ Others are sold out but more will come later this year.
ChasMusic (he/him)
lauren boethiah
@Gargron @EUCommission we are loyal to you muy liege. you can use passive-aggression to shame the eu commission into endorsing your failing platform. never stop believing that it's other people's fault you aren't where zuckerberg is
lauren boethiah
@Gargron @EUCommission he can't see this because his instance has me blocked for saying i put my dick in a mastodon plushie. but i believe the spirit behind my words will reach him, on the soul-plane
Eugen Rochko
@ChasMusic I'll look into it!
ChasMusic (he/him)
@Gargron It would be nice if the images on the store respected reduce motion. That resizing the image on hover messes with my eyes, even though I have Firefox set to 3fps.
Neil Craig
@Gargron @EUCommission W TF
Emma Liv :cate:
MEHRZWECKEIER
Indeed.
Smells a bit as the wrong lobbyists had been in the room.
TelH90
@Gargron That's because @EUCommission is headed by a #cyberfascist #TechIlliterate known as #Zensursula which is famous for insulting everyone able to change #DNS settings as "[...] hardened pedo-criminal [...]" and abused CSA victims so hard for her propaganda full of lies that said victims had to unite as @MOGiS just to tell her to 'Shut up' and stop abusing them as a cludge to push for #InternetCensorship.
She's the kind of unapologetic liar you'd have to fact check every word in real time!
arceuthobium
@Gargron @EUCommission I assume “W” is a shoutout to “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.”
Geoff 🏴
@Gargron @EUCommission What's the point in promoting something anyone can just have, huh?
Rich Felker
@EUCommission 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡 🤡
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