@_elena Sounds like ‘Second Life’-vibe, except that at some point there actually was some life in there.

@_elena Thanks for the update Elena.

What i still find utterly baffling is the involvement of top EU politicians right from the start. When WSocial was announced at Davos, only a few presentation slides and probably a "Coming soon" website were available. But instead of waiting for the company to establish at least *some* kind of track record, these politicians jumped right on board. Why? Based on what exactly?

No matter how I try to make sense of this, I fail. Every time.

And the numbers you posted are devastating. No matter what we on the #fediverse think about this project, if it truly fails, the embarrassment will be epic. Not just for the politicians involved, but it also sends such a terrible signal to the rest of the world: "Europe can't do technology".

Argh.

Edit: Grammar

@_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.

@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

That requirement is certainly enough to keep me away from that site. It’s a step in the wrong direction.