"The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be, Danish news media outlet Politiken.dk reports." So privacy might be a concern.
W is short for "What the fuck" and the fact that W is right next to X in the alphabet, underlines the similarity between the two platforms. Meanwhile, the first of the Vs that make up W stands for “Vapid,” and the second for “Vain”
From the article: "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.”" So much pain!
Incredibly hard for a new social medium to overcome the network effect and removing anonymity probably doesn't help, but if they manage to somehow get traction among leaders, governments and other public figures, it could serve as a sort of lower bar opinion page of a traditional newspaper. Where everyone can participate, but not anonymously. I could see this have a certain appeal to serious politicians and journalists. Rage merchants not so much. Not really a Mastodon competitor.
Well, the article linked in the Cybernews story talks about something quite different, or maybe not: Danes' consumption of ADHD medication sets new record (politiken.dk/nyhedsbreve/mine/…) LOL
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in reply to dansup • • •As a European I can say: what the actual heck!?
There is Mastodon. If in doubt, let's use it, call it W and call it a day 😒
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There's already an European alternative to X, it's called Mastodon
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in reply to dansup • • •It seems the concept is fully verified identities.... No Pseudonymity
That probably isn't compatible with the fediverse and is a significantly different value proposition.
I doubt it will succeed among the general public but it might become popular with journalists, corporate and govt accounts.
More broadcast than true N:N.
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"The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation"
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in reply to dansup • • •"The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be"
Also looks like they use ICP
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in reply to dansup • • •AFAIK this is just another private company startup, it's not any kind of official or government initiative.
There's nothing in that report about any official status for this.
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in reply to FediThing • • •If only there were another social media microblogging platform from Europe that already existed and had lots of users 🤔
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in reply to Anders Lagerfjärd • • •@jalager OK, theoretically possible, but only if everyone can read the posts without tracking and without an account to login first.
So yeah, probably - no.
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