Post by @ben@werd.social

2026-10-14 05:44 UTC

If you haven't been paying attention to this story, it's truly wild - a supposed European alternative to big tech social media that lured in politicians and made waves but is incredibly poorly thought-out and is effectively doxxing its users. @_elena@mastodon.social has been on it from the beginning. https://blog.elenarossini.com/public-by-design-how-w-social-makes-their-verified-users-personal-details-visible-on-the-open-web/

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@Gina@fosstodon.org 2026-10-14 09:58

@ben@werd.social @_elena@mastodon.social amazing work Elena, for uncovering all of this 👏

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@tealeg@mastodon.online 2026-10-14 10:50

@ben@werd.social @_elena@mastodon.social urgh. They see everything through the lens of commerce. Mastodon was right here all along, they could have thrown their weight behind it, but no….

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@Rycochet@furs.social 2026-10-14 11:02

@ben@werd.social @_elena@mastodon.social Bloody hell, they launched that thing at Davos? They really, really are staffed by a crew of the most loathsome, lonedeaf neoliberals, aren't they?

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@wbpeckham@techhub.social 2026-10-14 13:16

@ben@werd.social @_elena@mastodon.social I did receive an invitation to that and took a very close look and decided "No possible way in this lifetime!".

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@RogerPe@mastodon.social 2026-10-14 15:21

@ben@werd.social @_elena@mastodon.social Finally did not activate my account. Seems no better than big tech.

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