Why would the EU get behind W Social, a European social media platform that barely exists, rather than Mastodon, a European social media platform that has been successfully operating for a decade?
Oh, right
https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/
This is reaching too far into conspiracy theory.
Sounds like W Social simply offers government more chance for, well, governance than something like Mastodon would.
No need to look for drama or personalities. Government wants to govern.
@volkris @jalefkowit total bollocks
@humanhorseshoes You don't believe governments kind of like to have control over our communication platforms?
Definitely not the same, but no, I didn't mix them up.
Control is at the core of government. Without some level of control a government is just a group of people talking to themselves.
So it sounds like this W Social offers government more opportunity for control, consistent with what they'd want.
@volkris @jalefkowit Which particular government is controlling this?
@volkris @jalefkowit I think you mixed up government and governance, related but not the same