I understand perfectly well. My questions concern the people behind the flood of content about W since we launched our beta in June. Who are they? Who funds them? What other financial interests might they have? And why is the site anonymous? Those are reasonable questions about transparency.
Oct 10, 2026 at 11:58 AM
W Social – Public Beta Launch
W Social (@wsocial.eu)
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?
Conspiracy Brokers: Understanding the Monetization of YouTube Conspiracy Theories
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3485447.3512142 WWW '22: Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2022, Virtual Event, Lyon, France, April 2022
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
W — Trust your feed
We believe in the need for a global, trusted social media platform owned, run, and hosted in Europe. W is built on verified human users, transparency, privacy, and free speech.
Trust and Faith in Our Web
I’m not Brennan, but I’m very interested in decentralization and a fan of AtProto specifically, so I’d like to weigh in. First I should mention I’ve personally never been able to get into microblogging, so I haven’t touched bluesky myself, despite having an account for ATProto reasons. But I agree it’s concerning that the company chooses to continue to host the content of harmful individuals and calling that act “neutral”. I’m certainly against the idea of the “marketplace of ideas” as it’s cle...
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?
Dear friends of W, Thank you for the incredible feedback since launch. We've received many questions about W's business model, technical setup, privacy, and commitment to the AT Protocol. We've expanded our FAQ and will continue updating it as W evolves. Read more: wsocial.news/faq
W - The European social network for verified humans
wsocial.newsDear friends of W, Thank you for the incredible feedback since launch. We've received many questions about W's business model, technical setup, privacy, and commitment to the AT Protocol. We've expanded our FAQ and will continue updating it as W evolves. Read more: wsocial.news/faq
W - The European social network for verified humans
wsocial.newsCan you add these details to your site? You seem to have put considerable time and resources into creating a website about W. It would help readers to know who is behind it. Here are my details: Lars Ingmar Stensson Rentzhog 45–49 Swedish Who is behind you, and who is funding the site?
