Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It s called W

[Simpo Two]

Seems true: https://cybernews.com/tech/europe-social-media-w/

At last whining liberals have a home!

[Mr Penguin]

Nobody will use it. Why not push Mastodon or Bluesky?

[amusingduck]

Is this article based on badly translated sources, or something?

It sounds fking stupid

X is a stupid name. W is derivative and even more st.

Anna Zeiter, CEO of W, has told Bilanz.ch that W stands for “We.” Meanwhile, the first of the Vs that make up W stands for “Values,” and the second for “Verified.”
So call it We? There are precisely zero V's in the english pronounciation of W, so that's not gonna work.

“The fact that W comes before X in the alphabet is certainly also a welcome coincidence,” Zeiter said.