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Please gather around for a long post about #WSocial and how they are responding to critiques.
I have noticed a trend: W Social leaders and staunch supporters are describing any critical posts about the company as “targeted disinformation.” Its CEO said they will soon have a technical solution in place for this. Oh?!?
🔗: https://mu.social/profile/anna.wsocial.eu/post/3mtqufy6g4s2r
I suppose the “targeted disinformation” claims are about recent posts by the likes of me and @pallenberg about troubling hate speech that is allowed on W Social.
Claims backed by hard evidence, in the form of screenshots and video captures. (I am increasingly doing screen recordings of problematic posts and interactions by W Social people because they have a tendency to delete evidence - like an infamous comment on a video by the Instutute for Remigration).
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Discrediting sources, renaming evidence as “disinformation” and creating a victim narrative has a long, storied history.
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But I’m digressing. I speak up about W Social because:
Mainstream media runs PR fluff about them;
Horrid hate speech on the platform is completely unmoderated.
W Social is currently showing the limits of free speech absolutism. Its CEO wrote: “We don’t need W to become another echo chamber.”
Reminds you of something?
Atmosphere user @echna.bsky.social astutely remarked that “W Social is on an X speedrun, without ever having been like Twitter.”
🔗: https://mu.social/profile/echna.bsky.social/post/3mtqlknzork2t
Bluesky, #Blacksky, and #Northsky have mechanisms in place to report hate speech - and I am super thankful for that.
As of today, I cannot report to W Social posts by their users that contain hate speech.
The W Social moderation list’s only purpose is to make a distinction between verified users and bots.
Compare it with Blacksky’s moderation list and be amazed (see screenshots).
What’s the big deal about the lack of content moder…
Thanks for sharing
Is there any way to get an ICANN alternative?