The European elite clowns have announced plans to invest €500 million in building an alternative to X. And where will this €500 million come from? Directly from European taxpayers. Since Germany is the main contributor to the European system, I guess that makes me personally responsible for funding this disaster. You’re welcome, online ether!
The World Economic Forum technocrats are cheering. The politicians are padding themselves on the back as always. And the feminist are happy too, because they’ve appointed some woman as the figurehead of the project—so at least the female quota is ticked off.
But beyond that, there’s absolutely nothing to be found.
The platform won’t offer any technological innovation, it won’t solve a single user problem, there is no cultural relevance, and it won’t even be as useful as the platforms that already exist.
Instead, W will feature mandatory ID and photo verification for users, centralized control, speech censorship, and a direct link to Brussels’ bureaucracy and pre-approved activist groups. Has any user ever asked for more censorship, state control, and centralization on social media?
In short: W is not a platform that users need; it’s a platform that the state needs to control the users. And here’s the fundamental problem, as social media only works if users actually adopt it out of necessity.
There are countless alternatives to YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram that are superior in many ways—but none have managed to achieve mass adoption. YouTube still dominates the online video market, despite platforms like Rumble and Odysee offering more freedom and even simple crypto-features.
And if we look at X, we already have Gab, Bluesky, Mastodon, and countless others. None of them were able to get the people to abandon X. And these alternatives actually offered some advantages in regard to freedom, decentralization, and functionality.
If you want a social media platform to succeed today, you not only need to solve a real problem that users face with existing platforms—you also need the luck to get the masses to sign up.
W solves zero user problems. Its purpose is controlling the narrative—and with it the speech, behavior, and ultimately, thoughts of the people. W is just a statist’s wet dream that can’t comprehend that people are more than blind sheep following the lead of power-hungry technocrats.
Nobody will join W voluntarily, except state puppets, activist groups, and politicians.
Perhaps the clowns in Brussels will push for mandatory sign-ups at some point. In ten years, you might only receive welfare benefits if you have a W account, only be able to apply for government jobs through it, and only book public healthcare appointments via this platform. But even then, who is posting their political, cultural, and personal opinions voluntarily on W? Right, nobody!
On paper, W looks like a €500 million grave. And judging by the history of state projects, that €500 million will quickly balloon into a disaster of around €5 billion. But hey, it’s just my taxpayer that is being wasted … so, who cares?
Certainly not the clueless fools in this video about the project presentation: