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Bye, X: Europeans are launching their own social media platform, W (cybernews.com)
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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago (3 children)

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.”

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

Was curious if the”W” had a deeper meaning to it. Turns out it’s actually two V’s that form a “W”

[–] aeiou@piefed.social 13 points 3 days ago

you mean it doesn't stand for Wumbo?

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago

Stupid name, vv, or vave would've been better. Besides, it's not like they'll register v.v as a domain, or even www.w.vv

[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Digital Voyeurist Values Verified