Im Januar 2026 will #eurosky loslegen. Sich das Video anzuschauen, die Website aufmerksam lesen, kann helfen zu verstehen, wo die Reise los geht. ❗
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eurosky
By the way, have you checked out the updated @eurosky.social App Store at portal.eurosky.tech/apps ???
We’ve curated the best of the #Atmosphere (including apps #MadeInEurope) and integrated with @atstore.fyi to connect artwork, reviews and more – all to help you ATmaxx your #Eurosky account.
💥@robin – Fireside
"how to bring democracy to the internet"
much words spilled
#digital #sovereignty #Eurosky #AI #W3C #HTML #privacy
https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2026/07/21/robin-berjon-fireside/
Edited 51d ago
Good morning Fedi friends.
Is anybody curious about how the #WSocial experiment is going?
You know, the private, for profit "European answer to X" endorsed by the European Commission, which is a fork of Bluesky and has quietly gone closed-source before its beta launch (à la #TruthSocial)?
I've got numbers for you!
Nearly two months in, W Social has almost the same number of accounts as #Eurosky... You know, the European fork of Bluesky that does NOT require government IDs to post.
W Social: 23.5k accounts
Eurosky: 24.8k accounts
In order to post on W Social you need to provide your government ID and go through a 13-step verification process. So far 4.5k accounts are verified but only 2036 (as of this morning) have ever published a single post or reply.
There is a handy website - https://pdsls.dev - that allows you to monitor the "firehose" of any ATproto-powered PDS.
Inspired by @pallenberg and his awesome videos (example: https://mu.social/profile/palle.eurosky.social/post/3mskkqrrc522l) I have been comparing the live activities of the two networks.
The difference is SHOCKING.
W Social is largely a zombie, dormant network, with a high number of accounts that do not interact. Eurosky by contrast shows very lively activity.
The screenshot I grabbed yesterday shows a side-by-side comparison of their firehose over a 27 minute period.
W Social had a total of 240 events (follows, likes, posts...) whereas Eurosky registered 7596 events in the same time interval.
A couple of days ago I downloaded their PDS and saw that 67,8% of their accounts have 0 follows, 0 followers and 0 posts. That's what I mean when I call it a "zombie network."
W Social's CEO says they plan to start monetizing by introducing ads in 2027.
WITH THESE NUMBERS?!?
Sure Jan.
I love how with the transparency of open data you can't really use the standard playbook of CEO hype and hubris. Because we can all see their numbers. And they are BAAAAD.
I have been feeling very strong second hand embarrassment for the European Commission and especially Ursula von der Leyen - who went so far as to publicize the W launch in between G7 meetings in June. I wonder how they feel about it... and if they are even aware of how badly the network is doing right now.
I suspect the network can be on life support for a year or two but things aren't looking good.
Thought you should know!
For my series of articles about W Social, check out: https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/ I may have another one coming in the fall...
Shots were fired... in German, because when a mainstream TV station runs a 2 minute commercial for a teeny tiny dormant social network, which is a trojan horse for mandatory age verification, staying silent isn't an option.
🔗 : https://aseachange.com/@elena/statuses/01KZX7EVD20ENF7C7CW1F7W633
If what attracts them to #WSocial is their 24k users, well, #Eurosky has the same but much much livelier activity.
So when is @tagesschau planning to cover Eurosky? Or - dare I say - the FEDIVERSE with its millions of accounts?
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— Si seulement nous avions une alternative à Twitter !
— FEDIVERSE !
— Oh, regarde, le créateur de Twitter lance un #Bluesky décentralisé
— Moins que le FEDIVERSE !
— Mais c’est américain, il nous faudrait un truc européen !
— Le FEDIVERSE est en grande partie européen
— Voilà #wsocial ! Mais c’est trop corporate.
— Le FEDIVERSE ne l’est pass et vous pouvez créer une instance au nom de votre choix.
— Alors on va créer #eurosky.
— Dites, si je vous emmerde avec le FEDIVERSE, dites-le franchement