This week, the Romanian Internet got excited about eYou, a Bucharest-based startup promising to become “the European alternative” to Facebook and X. With €300,000 in funding, built-in AI fact-checking, and a waitlist already open, the hype is understandable.

https://doriandiaconu.substack.com/p/eyou-promises-to-change-social-media

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Lemmy #Pixelfed #eYou #DigitalSovereignty #SocialMedia

eYou promises to change social media. But the alternatives already exist

Mastodon, Lemmy and Pixelfed already exist. Why is no one talking about them?

doriandiaconuro
@doriandiaconuro Friendica is is the fediverse’s alternative to Facebook. As far as I’m concerned we don’t need anything more.
@estibensito_ Thanks for this! This fits the exact purpose of the article. We don’t need other solutions, just promote the old ones.