It does not feel like a year of #CoSocialCa - congrats to all CoSocialists! It’s been great to welcome a bunch of new members recently, and I look forward to having everyone work together on more things this year. Thanks @evan for the rallying cry of “we should do this” and everyone that got involved to get it going. https://cosocial.ca/@coop/111853592388866131
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network? Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU. You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/ #OpenWashing
Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)
Two pieces of good news for W Social: 1) I may have found the problem that has bricked their network for the past week. 2) This may very well be the LAST article I ever write about them. It's exhausting and stressful and I want to retire from this beat and go back to promoting the Fediverse. Thank you all for your support and encouragement. And to my trusted source (a Fedi friend) who found and shared with me brilliant gems: THANK YOU! It's been a real honor collaborating with you ❤️
We're Leaving Substack for Beehiiv
We're switching site and newsletter platforms. We hope you continue joining us as we grow!
Eugen Rochko (@Gargron@mastodon.social)
Attached: 1 image It's the third time I am receiving what I can only generously assume to be an automated e-mail from #WSocial trying to convince me, the original founder (and still active advisor and proponent) of one of their competitors, to start posting on their platform.
I've been hard at work this weekend getting both @opensocial.community and @collectivesocial.app in a better spot, and I'm excited to see where they're at! Just in time for the book club to kick off a new book 😎 What are you reading or want to read soon?
Overcommitted Podcast
We are just getting started with The Staff Engineer's Path by @whereistanya.bsky.social ! Everyone is welcome to join our book club, check it out on Collective Social at collectivesocial.app!
So exciting! Huge props to @bnewbold.net, @dholms.at, et al for making this happen. Definitely still a long journey ahead but this is a huge step! 👏
Going to the W Social launch this afternoon at the Brussels Press Club. Should be interesting! Anyone I know joining me?
zeu
til w social client became closed source; a lil concerning since some high level eu officials moved to w instead of eurosky, might be the start of a "big tech but eu" trend from blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-… by @elenarossini.com
So exciting! Huge props to @bnewbold.net, @dholms.at, et al for making this happen. Definitely still a long journey ahead but this is a huge step! 👏
Congrats to @ronentk.me and the rest of the team for such extraordinary progress building social for science!
Cosmik Network
Semble alpha is now open! ✨ Check it out at semble.so More details in our leaflet pub! (link in next post > )
Going to the W Social launch this afternoon at the Brussels Press Club. Should be interesting! Anyone I know joining me?
zeu
til w social client became closed source; a lil concerning since some high level eu officials moved to w instead of eurosky, might be the start of a "big tech but eu" trend from blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-… by @elenarossini.com
Excited to announce that I will be giving the opening keynote for @newpublic.org + @publicspaces.net Open Social Award Show in Amsterdam next month! My keynote will discuss how we do community governance at @blackskyweb.xyz Best of luck to all applicants and hope to see you there!
Designing Technology for All #11: Open Socials Award Show
dezwijger.nlOur April updates are out! (Sorry we're a bit late - in a busy stretch here) On launching @semble.so connections, and lots of community contributions 🫶 "Sense is being made" -- @joebasser.com
Cosmik Updates: April 2026
blog.cosmik.networkGood news we are adding @semble.so support to @infoenon.com! I've been lacking with connections and community outreach lately but that ends today. We will also be adding at least 3 others in the coming months to be natively surfaced and shown on our platform!
I'm thrilled to announce that I'll be joining Bluesky as interim CEO. I deeply believe in what this team has built and the open social web they're fighting for. More here: toni.org/2026/03/09/coming-off-the-ben…
