Post by @_elena@mastodon.social

2026-10-20 08:12 UTC

Maybe #WSocial is a secret project by Big Tech to stop me and other activists from promoting the open social web... distracting us with daily rage bait instead. Incredibly, the W Social folks are boasting that they received an innovation award at a glitzy ceremony (the award was just created, its website went live last week). If you didn't know, W Social grabbed the ATproto codebase (developed by Bluesky PBC) and quietly went closed-source, à la Truth Social. Enough with these 🤡 for today

Replies (10)

@david@social.piconet.work 2026-10-20 08:18

@_elena@mastodon.social It seems to be mostly dead anyway. They're just desperately trying to revive it so as not to admit it failed.

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@carstenfranke@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 08:20

@_elena@mastodon.social yes! Let's focus on promoting and improving the fediverse. Let's pull in and promote interesting people and make sure they see us as an interesting audience.

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@souverain@social.souverain.ovh 2026-10-20 08:24

@_elena@mastodon.social If you want to revisit the topic of the Fediverse and a more open ATProto, I've developed something that might interest you, it's a piece of code that lets you replace the comments on your blog or website with a Mastodon and/or Bluesky discussion. It's open-source and available to everyone 👉 https://github.com/souverain-ovh/commentaires (I’m currently testing it on my site if you want to see how it works: https://souverain.ovh/generation-lasuite/#discussion )

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@yaqubpk@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 08:29

@_elena@mastodon.social when it was announced I had my doubts, its like taking control from corporations to regional/ state governments ... Still feel that way

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@castrillo@mastodon.online 2026-10-20 09:40

@_elena@mastodon.social pretty nice investigation and documented work done so far Elena - it's disgusting and terrible shitty how this "EU alternative" promote and earns "users" this is other example how @EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu takes shitty decision on the way - each time a read any news about it I think come on! that is real! I mean the question here, they know that we know this Wshitty is pure crack ?! daje ragazzi 😅

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@weddige@gruene.social 2026-10-20 10:12

@_elena@mastodon.social TBH, I had that suspicion already with Bluesky itself. They lied from the beginning about ownership and funding and were just perfectly set up to take in the expectable influx from Twitter/X. It just makes sense, to repeat that now and keep people from leaving Bluesky towards platforms, that can not be so easily controlled (aka the Fediverse).

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@hnapel@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 10:47

@_elena@mastodon.social I thought vibe coding was the new forking.

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@edgeofeurope@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 12:41

@_elena@mastodon.social So basically that innovation award is their FIFA Peace Prize?

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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 13:18

@_elena@mastodon.social That is totally part of it. Not the whole thing. Maybe not even a big part. But it is definitely part.

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@rajendrap@mastodon.social 2026-10-20 14:27

@_elena@mastodon.social I agree with you! We need more transparency and genuinely open social platforms, not just another corporate-controlled network wrapped in flashy awards and marketing. The open social web should be about user freedom, decentralization, and community—not corporate interests and distractions. 💯

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