Bye, X: Europeans are launching their own social media platform, W
Submitted 7 hours ago by bossito@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/
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samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
will require identification and photo validation
With all the privacy issues in the past few years, it’s “dead on arrival” as they say.
Darkcoffee@sh.itjust.works 7 hours ago
Yup. It will fail spectacularly.
artyom@piefed.social 6 hours ago
If distributing child pornography can’t get people off Xitter, nothing will.
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
It will probably fail silently, if it doesn’t pick up enough momentum. * Sad failed platform noises *
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
W also known as useless garbage.
artyom@piefed.social 7 hours ago
Any for-profit company will have to comply with this, unfortunately.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
But none of them ever asked me for a photo or ID.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Uh, Mastodon exists?
EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I’m assuming they want to compete with X/Twitter.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 41 minutes ago
If they built out a Mastodon network with government support, then it would.
palordrolap@fedia.io 3 hours ago
... so you don't think Mastodon is a worthy competitor?
How about Bluesky?
ICastFist@programming.dev 6 hours ago
will require identification and photo validation
Straight from the book “How to kill your app before launch”, page 1.
data privacy at its core
Looks like they haven’t seen the obvious conflict with requiring id + photo, unless they plan on manually review every application.
After reading the article, it sounds like they’re just making yet another xitter clone with the hopes that govt figures will use it. Govts could just spin their own mastodon or similars for a similar effect.
architect@thelemmy.club 29 minutes ago
They figured it out. They damn well know they are going to spy on everyone with this.
CosmoNova@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Yup. Nothing and I say nothing makes a service less secure for privacy than requiring your ID and photo. That data will get leaked. It always does.
bossito@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Considering the amount of bots and trolls everywhere I can see a certain appeal on an app that requires an id verification to be honest.
mbirth@lemmy.ml 5 hours ago
But if they’re doing it half-assed as most services, it won’t be a challenge for AI to generate random IDs and a matching avatar for photo/video verification. The only way this could work is if they’d verify your ID by reading the NFC chip inside the passport or ID card.
Dekkia@this.doesnotcut.it 3 hours ago
to ensure that its users are […] who they claim to be
I dont’t want that either. Maybe for verified accounts this makes sense, but not for the average shitposter.
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
There is no future in social media unless it’s decentralized. Gonna assume this is dead on arrival.
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
You didn’t read the text? It says decentralized.
RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 12 minutes ago
I have little faith that means what you think it means.
Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 hours ago
cough cough Mastodon.
@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu
AbidanYre@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
[deleted]ns1@feddit.uk 6 hours ago
ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission
It has over 3k posts and 145k followers. Mastodon posts don’t federate to lemmy unless they tag a lemmy community
Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 6 hours ago
Spyware disguised as a “social media platform”, hard pass.
Etterra@discuss.online 1 hour ago
But why “W”?
Kissaki@feddit.org 1 hour ago
Win
I don’t know.
dust_accelerator@discuss.tchncs.de 59 minutes ago
W comes before X
notsosure@sh.itjust.works 1 hour ago
You didn’t read the text?
Kissaki@feddit.org 1 hour ago
The initiative to create the social media platform W is supported by an advisory board and former ministers and business representatives, primarily from Sweden.
That links to an article about ADHD medication. lol
Well, at least their second source reference makes sense.
Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
I know Europe might seem like a country of you’re illiterate, but um it isn’t. W is a Swedish company with a dumb idea at the core of its app
bossito@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Oh sorry, I forgot Sweden is in Africa. Or that referring a an as European implies that Europe is a country. Luckily there are still people like you to educate us all /s
Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 7 hours ago
I am staying on mastodon for the micro blogging, not interested in centralized shit. Also, recommander systems are a plague.
atropa@piefed.social 3 hours ago
Nah , pub is better ,talking to real persons
veeesix@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
Anna Zeiter, CEO of W, has told Bilanz.ch that W stands for “We.” Meanwhile, the first of the Vs that make up W stands for “Values,” and the second for “Verified.”
“The fact that W comes before X in the alphabet is certainly also a welcome coincidence,” Zeiter said.
Was curious if the”W” had a deeper meaning to it. Turns out it’s actually two V’s that form a “W”
aeiou@piefed.social 6 hours ago
you mean it doesn’t stand for Wumbo?
ICastFist@programming.dev 6 hours ago
Stupid name, vv, or vave would’ve been better. Besides, it’s not like they’ll register v.v as a domain, or even www.w.vv
veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 hours ago
Digital Voyeurist Values Verified
Dyskolos@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Should’ve named it Y or Z. You know, like +1…
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
I genuinely thought this was an Onion post.
edgemaster72@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Should’ve called it Z. Is just as good as X. In fact, is two better.
RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
Y tho
veeesix@lemmy.ca 5 hours ago
*Comrade has entered the chat*
FirmDistribution@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
only Ws in the chat, guys 😎
Checkmate, Elon Musk.
themurphy@lemmy.ml 6 hours ago
Should just have said it stands for Wordfeud, which would be commical.
Deestan@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
We are?
bossito@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Hold my hand and let’s say yes together.
architect@thelemmy.club 32 minutes ago
Governments making this stuff instead of the people? Really bad idea.