📝 #WSocial state of the network 📣
for those who are curious about it, considering the enthusiastic endorsement by prestigious European institutions.
#OpenData allows me to crunch numbers (information about Bluesky PDSs is readily available).
On day 18 since its beta launch in Brussels, W Social has 7935 accounts:
- 90,5% have never* published a single post
- 82,2% have 0 followers
- 78% follow 0 accounts
(may be related to #WIdentity and its 13-step process)
LMK if you find this useful
Replying to @_elena@mastodon.social
@_elena Are you allowed to sign up before you ID yourself, and not allowed to participate until you do?
If so, then I'd certainly be looking at the ID validation process to see why people can't make it through it--if this was my product and I wanted it to work for people.
Of course maybe I wouldn't care. Maybe I'm just doing it to get rich while I destroy the opportunity for this thing to actually get built so that it DOES work for people.
Replying to @crazyeddie@mastodon.social
@crazyeddie yes you're allowed to sign up before you provide a government ID... there's a video that goes through the steps:
https://inv.nadeko.net/Vcq4MiabpEQ
from what I understand, having a verified government ID linked to your account unlocks the ability to post... otherwise you're in read-only mode
Replying to @_elena@mastodon.social
That requirement is certainly enough to keep me away from that site. It’s a step in the wrong direction.