wtf?

Chewie

wtf?

"European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States."

https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/

Good luck getting w.anything - I thought 1-character domain names weren't allowed? (apart from sneaky "X.com" of course)

#Fediverse #meme #twitter

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@chewie

Good idea: don't include a share button?

Too late now, I know

Sharing should require some effort, thought even?

Twitter, FB and the world went into death spiral after the share buttons were introduced?

People not algorithms or bots share most misleading information?

ophiocephalic 🐍

@chewie
> The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be, Danish news media outlet Politiken.dk reports.

Politicians may love this idea, but no one else will, so they will be posting only to each other

MostlyTato

@ophiocephalic @chewie
Haha oh they can keep that then

Natasha Nox 🇺🇦🇵🇸

@chewie Bwahahahaha
That swedish company should've called it "L". What a stupid, totalitarian idea (they can shovel their identity validation and clear names where the sun never shines).

BeeCycling

@chewie Think I'll start one called Y. Is there a top level domain of .tho?

Taran Rampersad

@chewie yeah, this is a poor attempt to copy a poor attempt.

Misaligned incentives are stupid.

Amro has been

@chewie
W.tf is still available ‍️

nLupo :anarchist_flag: :antrans_flag:

@chewie That proves the EU politicians don't care about freedom.

killick

@chewie

We're W. We're setting up a giant honey pot of data-- except, get this, all the ID photos and data are real! It's not a trick to lure scammers, it's actual data!