European organizations may soon launch their own social media platform, W, requiring user identification and photo verification to prevent bots.
  • lemmus@szmer.infoEnglish
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    24 days ago

    This is bullshit, don’t let them convince you. They want closed source app, your photo and ID to make an account, while we already have Mastodon that could replace X.

  • runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Every country on earth already has the staffing and infrastructure to self-host a mastadon server. This would be so much easier than trying to rebuild the technology from the ground up. if you see a post from a government run instance, you know it’s a gov official since mastadon can restrict registrations. Could literally be done in a weekend.

    • jjjalljs@ttrpg.networkEnglish
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      24 days ago

      There’s a recurring problem where the people who make decisions aren’t the people who should make decisions. And many of the people who should be making decisions are too bogged down to deal with everything.

    • Aequitas@feddit.orgEnglish
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      24 days ago

      Mastodon is often mentioned as an alternative, but it has its own problems. In my opinion, the biggest one is that there is no way to sort your feed like you can on Lemmy. A chronological timeline will always lead to quantity being prioritized over quality. That’s why newer users in particular only see boring stuff. If you bring this up, you’re guaranteed to get some Madison fan saying that Mastodon doesn’t want to be like Twitter, and especially doesn’t want to have an algorithmic feed. But then it’s not and cannot be an alternative.

      • Die4Ever@retrolemmy.comEnglish
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        24 days ago

        No reason why a fork couldn’t do that though. Why build a whole new platform? Or why not use ActivityPub?

  • BaraCoded@literature.cafeEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Sounds like a good initiative, but too X-adjacent, and I don’t believe in freedom of speech on a platform that requires an ID to sign in. I’ll stay on the fediverse.

  • RalfWausE@feddit.orgEnglish
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    24 days ago

    W as in WHY? GODDAMN, WHY?

    The Fediverse is here, it works, it is a living ecosystem… WHY REINVENT THE GODDAMN FUCKING WHEEL?

  • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    24 days ago

    Europe seems to be into performative tech bullshit lately. First, there’s the “masterplan to move away from Microsoft”, and now this? All while the politicians are busy appeasing Trump.