Sunday October 18th – 8:40am
15 minute firehose comparison between #WSocial (48.2k accounts) and #Eurosky (36.9k accounts). W has 151 events (likes, posts, follows, re-posts) whereas Eurosky has over 5 THOUSAND events.
Please DO NOT call W a "ghost town", it really triggers their leaders and MEGA fans, ok? They plan to monetize their platform in 2027, ok? Ok?!?
Hilariously, their co-founder even came up with the hashtag #NOGhostTown 👻
@moon12@muenchen.social I wrote a series of articles about them: https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/ I'll let you make up your mind about them... I would personally stay away
@moon12@muenchen.social P.S.: if you let me know your username, I can check if your full name, approx. date of birth and nationality are being published in the clear on the world wide web
@_elena@mastodon.social Thank you for your fast answer! My name at Wsocial is Moon12, and my real name is Josef Fendt. I made the procedure with my passport. Basically I have no problems to give my real name privately or in security cases, but not in the internet. Its good you spot on this failures and a probable big hoax.
@moon12@muenchen.social I can see your birth year (approx birth date), full name and nationality here: https://wdonthavetime.tngl.io/wsocial-wned the info is grabbed from pdsls.dev because W Social makes that info public and publishes on their PDS
@_elena@mastodon.social thank you for your time! Yes, this is horrible, not these data, but the spreading of data around the world. I will close this account. Have a good day!
@moon12@muenchen.social oh wow! I was not expecting this reaction. Most W Social users I've been interacting with have been saying they "have nothing to hide" and willingly share their personal details.
Now, please first revoke access to your data on W Identity. And make sure to send a GDPR "right to be forgotten" request because for several deleted accounts, personal data is still displayed publicly and viewable on multiple sites.
Happy to stay in touch and help you figure out if your data is safe
@_elena@mastodon.social What does this mean? I recently started there a Wsocial account, and the idea with real persons, proofed with passport is great! Is there something wrong?