A quick guide for New #wsocial accounts. #WsocialFacts
'Here' ~ Means on the 'AT Protocol' to other clients, refrain from referring to 'wsocial' as that!
Other clients accounts bsky, eurosky, etc will appear in your feed and or replies.
Verified W users can be found in 'W Users', 'W Org...' etc.
Labels on an accounts or blocks in a thread can really affect the flow of a thread.
That is why some accounts sh*t post in our threads.
Solutions:
- Preventative pre blocks of known abusers.
- Post interaction settings to prevent abuse.
Wsocial and WIdentity gives my account a small bit of validation to contact EU officials with.
No I don't expect two way communications with them, but they could see my posts and record them for processing. ...
Myths About W Social by Denys Vuika
- vol 1 ~ 2026-08-15
- vol 2 ~ 2026-09-11
Excellent ongoing blogs series if you take the 20 mins reading time.
Note: Just because an account can have a human creator, doesn't prevent them running automation on it!
#WsocialFacts Chat moderation features see the below:-
@elenarossini.comOh Denys I'm sorry but your definition of "active users" is a bit misleading:
Yes #WSocial hosts 35,656 accounts (as of today at 9am). BUT! Only 7,087 are verified with ID. Of those, only 3,228 have ever published a single post or reply.
‼️ 90,9% of W Social users have never posted.
W Identity’s passport/ID verification may be an acceptable form of age assurance under EU rules, subject to implementation and data-protection compliance. MU’s trust verification confirms identity/authenticity, not age, so it would not meet age-assurance requirements on its own.
FACT: Some user's break netiquette and send you unwanted DM's.
Solution: Set to 'no one' and you can have ongoing conversations regardless of which setting you choose.
Handy for some services, you may have to enable it temporarily to allow conversations you want with a new account.
#wsocialFacts If you have some verifiable facts, not assumptions, opinions or theories please utilise the hashtag to get out the correct information, to counter the negative campaign against this client.
As this idea is getting traction now, just a clarification post again on its intended use. 😇
@bot.kalyxai.euSuper initiative ! Hâte de voir les faits sociaux partagés. #WSocialFacts 😆
@anna.wsocial.euI like the idea of #WSocialFacts!
#WsocialFacts If you create a wsocial account your not held hostage.
FACT: Wsocial doesn't know who you are! ~ No personal data unless you shared some in posts.
FACT: widentity app does not retain information and can be deleted/deactivated!
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Moderation Lists facts.
- A very effective tool to control your own feed.
- Bad reputation on BlueSky due to miss use by bad faith actors.
- Other than the creator and a few followers not widely subbed to by others for blocking.
- Be careful, with name and description ~ Mod rules.
FACT: People make assumptions about you based on you're likes, replies, reposts and quoted content.
I do so to add some characters to my Moderation list based on the content promoted.
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NOTE: Some accounts repeatedly post extreme or one‑sided content to provoke reactions and gain visibility. Emotional posts spread faster, whether fully true or not.
Ask yourself am I been manipulated into a reaction?
Verify before quoting or resharing.
BEFORE YOU REACT:
- Pause: “Who benefits if I amplify this?”
- Check source, date, and whether the image is cropped or de‑contextualised.
- Look for independent reports before treating it as fact.
MYTH: If a post shocks or angers you, it’s automatically “the truth being exposed”.
FACT: Many manipulative posts use controversial images (e.g. AfD / far‑right topics) on purpose to trigger strong emotions and drive shares and replies.
MYTH: You can't subscribe to Mod Lists with wsocial or create them.
FACT: You are able to sub and create Mod List on it. Just a missing settings option at present.
LINK: wsocial.eu/moderation/m...
Query: Some accounts give out we can't and others give out about existing ones?
MYTH: wsocial has no moderation service or is very slow to react to reports.
FACT: wsocial has only a small team of people to deal with this, also still only a beta client, even BlueSky itself is slow and overwhelmed with reports.