would you also build on ActivityPub by "invading" #Bluesky / #Eurosky via @bsky.brid.gy ?
I find Bridgy pretty handful for showing how cool AP is, directly inside Bluesky/AT - thereby kinda demonstrating protocols and networks are "bothers" rather than ennemies.
I am thankful that I do not need to say „thankyou“ to #Bluesky, the company and its investors for the verification of accounts or to ask them for changes in their configuration so that my social media platform is working.
It shows how dependent #Eurosky and #ATProto still is on Bluesky. They are at the mercy of them. And I do not trust Eurosky to be ever free and fully independent, even if I really want to believe in it.
Please change my mind, but for now I keep on building on ActivityPub.
Die wunderbare @_elena fasst den #wsocial Hype mal ein wenig zusamnen, bei dem, wie schon bei #eurosky , nicht viel uebrig bleibt, wenn man die Maske runterreisst.
Unter dem Deckmantel der Souveraenitaet verkauft auch W Social zentralisierte Ideen... jetzt sogar ohne die Moeglichkeit diese anonym zu nutzen.
Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network?Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU.
You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths:
blog.elenarossini.com/w-social…
W Social uncovered: the reality behind the hype
An article dispelling myths about W Social, the new European platform that aims to rival X: it is a fork of Bluesky that shares many similarities with Eurosky and requires government ID to sign up.Elena Rossini
Es ist zu begrüßen, dass viele Politker:innen nun endlich #X verlassen.
Mögen Sie den #eXit auch in den #Ämtern und #Behörden vollziehen, in denen sie Verantwortung tragen.
Als soziale Medien, mit denen die #Demokratie gefördert wird, sehen wir #Mastodon und die anderen Dienste des #Fediverse.
#BlueSky und #EuroSky erscheinen uns keine sinnvolle Alternative, um wirklich #sozialeMedien aufzubauen.
