@Gina@fosstodon.org @_elena@mastodon.social the important question though, what were y'all drinking?
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@Gina@fosstodon.org @_elena@mastodon.social the important question though, what were y'all drinking?
Met up with our #Fediverse queen @_elena in Paris tonight! 🥳🥳
Best believe we spoke about W-Social. 😤
Answer: at the time of the statement the total number of users was 1005.
Now they're 1227 (2:18pm CET).
@_elena@mastodon.social sounds like they failed and that's not going to last. Hopefully. 😄
🌈 Timeline cleanse ❤️
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TIL that the inventor of Care Bears is an American woman named Elena Kucharik:
Dear Fedi friends,
Yesterday I posted a toot about #WSocial on this account (I typically talk about them on Mastodon, but I needed more than 500 characters, so I switched here). It was widely shared and discussed.
Some of you may have missed my articles critiquing W Social. I have been following them - with a critical eye - and collecting evidence since their soft launch at Davos in January: https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/
Anyway, some of you mistook the tone of yesterday's toot and thought I was ENDORSING signing up for an account on W Social. In reality I was being sarcastic 🙃
I will make sure to spell out my intentions much more clearly next time.
At any rate, my latest article about them made it to Hacker News yesterday (wild) and my research has been quoted in Dutch, German and French news outlets. The tide is finally turning (from fawning PR coverage to a more distanced, critical look).
Thank you for your support as always! ❤️
Anyone thinking of going to All Things Open 2026 in Raleigh NC?
A few folks and I are discussing some kind of Fediverse meet up and attempting to have conversations around the Fediverse. #ATO2026 #Raleigh #Open #Fediverse