W Don't Have Time

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu seems to be a "normal" Bluesky/Atmosphere account, that happens to be on the W social PDS: wdonthavetime.tngl.io/wsocial-wned... Asking for verification of all social media accounts is stupid anyway, but doing so with such a blatant double standard is bold!

What did we do???

@cybernews.bsky.social we are a totally different organisation and not affiliated with @wedonthavetime.wsocial.eu in any way. Our names are totally different! Please update your reporting. #Wned cybernews.com/security/w-s...

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We Tricked you: The answer is just 18 users! @wsocial.eu says users must be verified before posting, yet 18 of the top 25 posters aren't verified and created half of all content on W (+250k posts). Find out which VIPs can post on #WSocial without verification! #WSocialFacts #cloWned 🤡 #Wned

We have a joke for you. How many users does it take to prop up a social network? 100? 1,000? 10,000? #Wsocial #WsocialFacts #WsocialJokes #cloWned 🤡 (We'll tell you the punchline tomorrow)

It’s really not a complicated issue. Who is a safe pair of hands? Who do you trust?

We love a comprehensive deep dive. #WSocial #Wned #WSocialFacts

Watching the #WSocial drama this week was entertaining, but it's a reminder: secure online identity is still unsolved, and we need it. My two cents: this isn't a job for companies to build or run. Innovation moves fast in private hands, but speed isn't what matters here. Trust does.

This is surely the sign of a confident organisation that supports open debate and isn't afraid of criticism. #WSocial #WSocialTruth

Today has been just a Whirlwind of #WSocial drama. To help you stay on top of all the WTFs, we made a handy Watchdog feed that you can pin and enjoy wherever you get your skeets. bsky.app/profile/did:... #WSocialFacts #Wned

Was "somehow" transparent. As far I understand: Tech: W Social is a product that encloses open commons—taking open code and turning it into closed source, with a proprietary identity gate placed in front. Eurosky/Mu keep the standard open. W Social’s proprietary value proposition relies

Open protocols are supposed to create choice. But choice needs transparency. The European Ombudsman has opened an inquiry into how the Commission selected its AT Protocol platform. Public institutions should be able to explain their decisions. That’s good for everyone in the ecosystem.

"Das Protokoll ist die Strasse, nicht das Ziel. Kein Teil des #ATProtocol verlangt, Passländer in ein öffentliches Repository zu schreiben, das hat einzig und allein #Wsocial fuer sich entschieden. [...] Eine Einwilligung in etwas, das man nie zu sehen bekommt, ist keine!" #DSGVO #WIdentity

Dear #WSocial verified users, who had your account verified after 16-09-2026: if you are not comfortable with your full name, nationality and approx. age being shared *outside* of W, on the open web, please DO NOT delete your account. You need to file a proper right of deletion request instead #GDPR

@palle.eurosky.social just published a powerful exposé about the #WSocial "it's not a leak if we intentionally publish it" ID data controversy. I highly recommend you read it (it's in German, but you could use your browser's translation tool): www.metacheles.de/w-social-dat... #WIdentity #GDPR

A waitlist survey tells you what users wanted. It is not a legal basis, it is not consent, and it binds nobody who verified in September. Any verified user can put all of the above to IMY in Sweden or their own data protection authority. That's Art. 77.

Keep us accountable by double-checking our homework. Inspect our code hosted on @tangled.org . Verify our results. Make suggestions for improvements via pull requests. This is a community effort.

Sorry, we should not have let that cat out of the bag. Where is the edit button???

We're currently getting paid €2.5m by the #bsky38 cartel, so that's €1.25m for us to keep this trap shut for 6m.

Following on the great work by people like @vicwalker.dev.br and @aiueo.ooo 💖 we made our Semble collections "collaborative". Get involved on @semble.so and @margin.at by adding annotations and links, and creating connections to make more sense of #WSocial stories. semble.so/profile/wdon...

We've been doing social media analytics for well over a decade, no other social media platform provided public age data per account like this Facebook has user_birthday but users must authorize the app to read their own data, not of any account! Have we not learned anything from Cambridge Analytica

i guess when your entire goal is to push something (mandatory ID verification and de-anonymisation) with a hell of a lot of political power and money behind it, it's only natural to immediately point the finger that anyone who doesn't like what you're doing must also be playing your game

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Why wait for your database to be hacked if you can just publish private passport data to a public PDS straight away?

This is our contention. Real consent requires a clear understanding of the implications. The atmosphere concept is new to most, and for general audiences, relatively complicated compared to previous paradigms. It is irresponsible to publish full names, nationalities and birth dates.

It’s a strange position to be in, explaining that (gasp) sometimes people don’t do things just for the money. This is why the old models continue to fail us. The rich work only to seize more power and influence, and assume we all share this same view. Community matters. #ApesTogetherStrong

"W Social may have published personal information such as your full legal name, date of birth, email address, and nationality in their public records. Information which many would expect to be remain private." wdonthavetime.offprint.app/a/3mxj2ohfsh...

The future we want: No @wsocial.eu Yes @jcsalterego.bsky.social 38-part constitution coming soon.

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#WIdentity is the real product. @wsocial.eu is just a testing ground. #WSocialFacts

Free doxxing??? Holy shit guys, welcome to the future!

Great! Then we should expect that the leadership team @anna.wsocial.eu @ingmar.wsocial.eu @aslan.wsocial.eu @petter.wsocial.eu and @sundstrand.wsocial.eu and all advisory board members will shortly add their details to the public record as a show of trust in the system!? #WSocialFacts #Wned

"W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech." — wsocial.news We are a small independent team exercising our right to #transparency, #privacy and #freespeech. Thank you for opening the dialogue. We have much more to say. #WSocialFacts #Wned

And we never said or claimed a "Leak". A leak is accidental occurrence that will eventually be rectified. Understand that this is a very intentional change of policy by @wsocial.eu #WsocialFacts #Wned

We have no connection to W Social, or any other PDS operators. Unlike @wsocial.eu who have not revealed their investors, we neither require nor receive funding to hold power accountable on the open web. #WSocialFacts #Wned

It is not strange at all. We where among the first users to signed up. As communicated 👇 wsocial.eu/profile/wsoc...

It's not a leak. It's a policy. Your sensitive data will remain in public for all to see permanently. #WSocialFacts #Wned