<![CDATA[Asking for a friend: do you remember the fantastic https://w-social.eu website that explained to people what the Fediverse is and why it's a much better alternative to #WSocial?]]>Asking for a friend: do you remember the fantastic https://w-social.eu website that explained to people what the Fediverse is and why it's a much better alternative to #WSocial?

Sadly it appears to be offline / with an expired SSL cert. Do you know who is behind it? Any chances of reviving it?

The folks behind W Social are launching the site this Saturday... they already got TV coverage in Germany last night 😒​

#AskFedi

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/1a1ea8cb-054b-4eed-b2f7-93e013d1075e/asking-for-a-friend-do-you-remember-the-fantastic-https-w-social.eu-website-that-explained-to-people-what-the-fediverse-is-and-why-it-s-a-much-better-alternative-to-wsocialRSS for NodeFri, 15 May 2026 00:36:28 GMTTue, 05 May 2026 10:15:02 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Asking for a friend: do you remember the fantastic https://w-social.eu website that explained to people what the Fediverse is and why it's a much better alternative to #WSocial? on Tue, 05 May 2026 17:52:11 GMT]]>Are there really three DNS servers for that domain? I see three NS records, but two of those resolve to the same IP address and the third is legacy-only. The one authoritative I can query does indeed give me a REFUSED response, so at least in that regard my observations agree with yours.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/9e40430d-f4df-4340-aec9-110a185ea540https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://westergaard.social/objects/9e40430d-f4df-4340-aec9-110a185ea540Tue, 05 May 2026 17:52:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking for a friend: do you remember the fantastic https://w-social.eu website that explained to people what the Fediverse is and why it's a much better alternative to #WSocial? on Tue, 05 May 2026 12:04:59 GMT]]>@elena https://www.eurid.eu/en/ lists a contact email address through the domain details lookup (whois). Not sure to what extent that's monitored but it's *supposed* to be valid.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mkj.earth/users/mkj/statuses/116521874204076393https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.mkj.earth/users/mkj/statuses/116521874204076393Tue, 05 May 2026 12:04:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Asking for a friend: do you remember the fantastic https://w-social.eu website that explained to people what the Fediverse is and why it's a much better alternative to #WSocial? on Tue, 05 May 2026 10:49:51 GMT]]>@elena all three authoritative DNS nameservers for the domain REFUSE the answer, so it looks pretty dead to me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpmens/statuses/116521578736025807https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jpmens/statuses/116521578736025807Tue, 05 May 2026 10:49:51 GMT