<![CDATA[🚨 New post alert πŸ“]]>🚨 New post alert πŸ“

A deep dive into with some fascinating findings: candid statements about their motives, a Greta Thunberg connection, potential AI plans (!!!)

Why write about it again? I still had so many questions after publishing my first article.

I spent 3 weeks watching every interview I could find and connecting the dots.

I hope you'll enjoy this piece:

πŸ”— : https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/e4df3573-d374-4200-bdd5-fffa630ec421/new-post-alertRSS for NodeSat, 30 May 2026 14:45:53 GMTWed, 27 May 2026 08:01:21 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:26:35 GMT]]>@alisonw indeed. although in this particular case I got weird vibes from the start... their original website had red flags all over πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116646294005709716https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116646294005709716Wed, 27 May 2026 11:26:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:24:35 GMT]]>@_elena
Damn. When an idea seems good in advance but shows it's true colours as a baddie later.

(cf Google, Mozilla, etc)

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/alisonw/statuses/116646286159159911https://forum.other.li/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/alisonw/statuses/116646286159159911Wed, 27 May 2026 11:24:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:12:38 GMT]]>cc @koen

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/ShadowJonathan/statuses/116646239168254017https://forum.other.li/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/ShadowJonathan/statuses/116646239168254017Wed, 27 May 2026 11:12:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:11:52 GMT]]>@MichelPatrice LOL πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ πŸ’€

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116646236166876588https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116646236166876588Wed, 27 May 2026 11:11:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:10:22 GMT]]>@_elena here's another deep dive by @MichaelMrak@mastodon.mrak.at @michaelmrak@privacyofficers.social (dunno which of his many accounts to mention) including Eurosky, not sure if you already knew it: https://www.mrak.at/w-social-bluesky-und-eurosky-wer-betreibt-welche-infrastruktur-im-at-protocol/

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116155612437593224/statuses/116646230245676102https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116155612437593224/statuses/116646230245676102Wed, 27 May 2026 11:10:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 11:09:52 GMT]]>@_elena

Elena's new business card :

Elena Rossini
Mastodon
Marketing and investigation

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://jasette.facil.services/users/MichelPatrice/statuses/116646228310905122https://forum.other.li/post/https://jasette.facil.services/users/MichelPatrice/statuses/116646228310905122Wed, 27 May 2026 11:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:13:21 GMT]]>@_elena
Science, but somehow not thinking.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116646006058480834https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116646006058480834Wed, 27 May 2026 10:13:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:09:44 GMT]]>@slothrop thank you! I wholeheartedly agree!

it would be so great if someone brought back Valleywag (gone too soon) 😭

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645991826723064https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645991826723064Wed, 27 May 2026 10:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:08:11 GMT]]>@xinit their Davos launch video was so triggering because everyone was in red MAGA-like baseball hats and you had to stop the video to see the message was "make science great again"

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645985749352524https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645985749352524Wed, 27 May 2026 10:08:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:04:49 GMT]]>@_elena
That MEGA hat in the header image is a lot, too.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116645972502269846https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116645972502269846Wed, 27 May 2026 10:04:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:02:33 GMT]]>@xinit πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ haha so true!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645963578943558https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645963578943558Wed, 27 May 2026 10:02:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:57 GMT]]>@_elena Great research and write-up. Thank you!

I miss when we had tech publications that would run this sort of article…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/116645957334917996https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/slothrop/statuses/116645957334917996Wed, 27 May 2026 10:00:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:59 GMT]]>@_elena
"maybe train European AI models with our data"

Feels like they're giving away the plan like they think we're James Bond tied to a table that we can't possibly escape...

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116645945625090413https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.coffee/users/xinit/statuses/116645945625090413Wed, 27 May 2026 09:57:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:20 GMT]]>@bbbhltz haha thank you!

and yes, BeReal is still around, but I don't know how active it is...

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645895897086458https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645895897086458Wed, 27 May 2026 09:45:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:44:05 GMT]]>@audricd oui, ils sont trΓ¨s trΓ¨s louches. Γ  eviter Γ  mon avis

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645890983141764https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645890983141764Wed, 27 May 2026 09:44:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:42:22 GMT]]>@sknob merciiiiii ❀️

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645884206894697https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645884206894697Wed, 27 May 2026 09:42:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:39:47 GMT]]>@neil and I could have easily written another 4000 words about it. I made so many interesting discoveries! I can safely claim to be an expert in W Social now πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645874077962491https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645874077962491Wed, 27 May 2026 09:39:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:38:41 GMT]]>@soapdog thank you! πŸ™

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645869746795456https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116645869746795456Wed, 27 May 2026 09:38:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:37:11 GMT]]>@_elena du beau boulot, bravo !

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mamot.fr/users/sknob/statuses/116645863849664829https://forum.other.li/post/https://mamot.fr/users/sknob/statuses/116645863849664829Wed, 27 May 2026 09:37:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:22:29 GMT]]>@_elena Wow!

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116645806035857325https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/users/neil/statuses/116645806035857325Wed, 27 May 2026 09:22:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:22:14 GMT]]>@_elena good article! everything around W Social sounds very fishy.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/felipecerda/statuses/116645805074810586https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/felipecerda/statuses/116645805074810586Wed, 27 May 2026 09:22:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:19:25 GMT]]>@_elena
Wow superbe recherche !
Donc, en somme... C'est de la merde. Ou werde on pourrait dire.

Je n'ai pas fait 1% de ta recherche. Mais en faisant le sign up, Γ§a m'as beaucoup fΓ’chΓ© que j'Γ©tais invitΓ© Γ  utiliser GOOGLE pour la crΓ©ation du compte... Ils se vendent comme un produit / rΓ©seau europΓ©en indΓ©pendant... Et PAF, Google. J'ai fait un post pour me plaindre Γ  ce sujet et je n'y suis plus jamais allΓ© Γ  nouveau.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://tkz.one/users/audricd/statuses/116645793982579953https://forum.other.li/post/https://tkz.one/users/audricd/statuses/116645793982579953Wed, 27 May 2026 09:19:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:18:53 GMT]]>@_elena this is a really good article there. Good journalism. Boosted.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://social.soapdog.org/users/soapdog/statuses/01KSMBNKXY1DB2BB429FQXE7GShttps://forum.other.li/post/https://social.soapdog.org/users/soapdog/statuses/01KSMBNKXY1DB2BB429FQXE7GSWed, 27 May 2026 09:18:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to 🚨 New post alert πŸ“ on Wed, 27 May 2026 09:17:46 GMT]]>@_elena Nice work. Absolutely something I would boost across other networks if I still had accounts on them!

(also, BeReal is still around?!)

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/bbbhltz/statuses/116645787511082814https://forum.other.li/post/https://framapiaf.org/users/bbbhltz/statuses/116645787511082814Wed, 27 May 2026 09:17:46 GMT