W Don't Have Time
@wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
"Trust community, not wealth"
Holding power accountable on the open social web.
https://woosh.link/wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
Holding power accountable on the open social web.
https://woosh.link/wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
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"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."
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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.
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.
October 12, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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.
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.
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This is surely the sign of a confident organisation that supports open debate and isn't afraid of criticism.
#WSocial #WSocialTruth
#WSocial #WSocialTruth
October 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This is surely the sign of a confident organisation that supports open debate and isn't afraid of criticism.
#WSocial #WSocialTruth
#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
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#WSocialFacts #Wned
October 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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
bsky.app/profile/did:...
#WSocialFacts #Wned
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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
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
October 12, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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
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
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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.
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.
UPDATE: W Social and the European Commission.
The Commission moved its AT Protocol presence to WSocial with no public criteria published. The Ombudsman said that needs explanation: what criteria, and how were they assessed across platforms?
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The Commission moved its AT Protocol presence to WSocial with no public criteria published. The Ombudsman said that needs explanation: what criteria, and how were they assessed across platforms?
Support us by getting a LeafPlaza account
October 7, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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.
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.
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"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
#DSGVO #WIdentity
So verstoesst #Wsocial taeglich gegen EU-Recht & damit auch die #DSGVO 👉 t.ly/WsocialFail
Und warum? Auszuege aus dem EU-Lobbyregister zeigen Treffen, in denen es u.a. um eine ID-Verifizierungs Infrastruktur in der EU geht.
Bitte teilt diese Recherche. Danke 🙏
#WsocialFacts #Widentity #Wned
Und warum? Auszuege aus dem EU-Lobbyregister zeigen Treffen, in denen es u.a. um eine ID-Verifizierungs Infrastruktur in der EU geht.
Bitte teilt diese Recherche. Danke 🙏
#WsocialFacts #Widentity #Wned
W Social: Verifiziert heisst veroeffentlicht
Das europaeische Netzwerk verspricht Anonymitaet trotz Ausweispflicht. Seine eigenen Datensaetze erzaehlen etwas anderes. Und die DSGVO hat dazu eine ziemlich klare Meinung. Analyse eines Privacy Fail...
t.ly
October 12, 2026 at 7:20 AM
"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
#DSGVO #WIdentity
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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
#GDPR
@wsocial.eu @anna.wsocial.eu I’m not happy that my approximate date of birth and nationality can be read by anyone in my W Social verification record. Please explain your legal basis for publishing it, and delete it. #WsocialFacts #GDPR
October 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
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@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
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
W Social: Verifiziert heisst veroeffentlicht
Das europaeische Netzwerk verspricht Anonymitaet trotz Ausweispflicht. Seine eigenen Datensaetze erzaehlen etwas anderes. Und die DSGVO hat dazu eine ziemlich klare Meinung. Analyse eines Privacy Fail...
www.metacheles.de
October 12, 2026 at 7:11 AM
@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
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
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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.
October 11, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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.
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If you joined Wsocial and don't like your personal data displayed because you accidentally ticked that box, the only solution seems to be to delete your account. On the other hand, if you want full control of what appears on your profile join Bluesky, Eurosky, or any other PDS.
We understand that you may prefer not to share your age range and nationality publicly. If so, you can delete your account under Settings → Account → Delete account.
You can read more about how it works and the reasoning behind it here:
wsocial.eu/profile/wsoc...
You can read more about how it works and the reasoning behind it here:
wsocial.eu/profile/wsoc...
October 11, 2026 at 10:48 PM
If you joined Wsocial and don't like your personal data displayed because you accidentally ticked that box, the only solution seems to be to delete your account. On the other hand, if you want full control of what appears on your profile join Bluesky, Eurosky, or any other PDS.
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.
This is a community effort.
Scripts for observing public data on the W Social PDS, pds.wsocial.network. They only read what the server already makes public, and none of them need a login.
wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social/wsocial-reporting
Scripts for observing public data on the W Social PDS, pds.wsocial.network. They only read what the server already makes public, and none of them need a login.
tangled.sh
October 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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.
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.
we all have a number... what's the amount of money someone would have to pay you to stop posting for 6 months?
October 11, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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.
we all have a number... what's the amount of money someone would have to pay you to stop posting for 6 months?
What just happened
Shuffle actually got Jack to sign a contract where he isn’t allowed to post anywhere any more
Shuffle actually got Jack to sign a contract where he isn’t allowed to post anywhere any more
October 11, 2026 at 10:54 AM
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...
semble.so/profile/wdon...
W Don't Have Time (wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social) — Semble
"Trust community, not wealth"
Holding power accountable on the open social web.
https://woosh.link/wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
semble.so
October 11, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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...
semble.so/profile/wdon...
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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
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
October 10, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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
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
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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
As we have communicated. We did the update on Septemebr 17th.
Now a question back to you @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
Who have funded you and what is your connection to other PDS operators?
What is your motive to create a site framing public information as a "data-leak" what's your motive?
Now a question back to you @wdonthavetime.selfhosted.social
Who have funded you and what is your connection to other PDS operators?
What is your motive to create a site framing public information as a "data-leak" what's your motive?
October 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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
😚👌
"who's behind you"
my...my family and friends? and a community of people who care about the people they build for?
my...my family and friends? and a community of people who care about the people they build for?
October 10, 2026 at 9:53 PM
😚👌
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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?
"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...
wdonthavetime.offprint.app/a/3mxj2ohfsh...
Have you been Wned?
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. Use our data privacy tool to check if W Social
wdonthavetime.offprint.app
October 10, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Why wait for your database to be hacked if you can just publish private passport data to a public PDS straight away?
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I'm old enough to remember when the number one rule of using the internet was to not give out your real name, address, or other important information.
October 10, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the number one rule of using the internet was to not give out your real name, address, or other important information.
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.
Its also not clear that when users are signing they're aware of how public this data is. They may have assumed the data is only visible to WSocial users. Pretty much anyone is able to see the data of anyone on WSocial.
October 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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
Community matters.
#ApesTogetherStrong
This is incredibly easy to answer. Unlike #WSocial, we have no financial motivation or incentive. We care about people's privacy and safety online. We want to help W users understand how their data is being disclosed, and show just how readily available W has made their personal data.
October 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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
Community matters.
#ApesTogetherStrong
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It's a privacy disaster if true, as malign actors will use this information. Verification is one thing, publication is another.
October 10, 2026 at 2:28 PM
It's a privacy disaster if true, as malign actors will use this information. Verification is one thing, publication is another.
"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...
wdonthavetime.offprint.app/a/3mxj2ohfsh...
Have you been Wned?
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. Use our data privacy tool to check if W Social
wdonthavetime.offprint.app
October 10, 2026 at 8:54 AM
"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...
wdonthavetime.offprint.app/a/3mxj2ohfsh...
dramaaaaa
October 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM