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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 20h

Who knows, I guess some people in the adult entertainment industry might want to verify who they are. I remember the BBC podcast "Love, Janessa", which is about the stolen identity of someone who used to work in the industry; a verified online identity might prevent such cases.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 23h

This all comes from Bluesky though (my assumption is that most of those accounts are bots). I haven't seen any such accounts on W (so far).

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 16/10/2026

So ist es leider. Ich finde, das größere Problem ist, dass er scheinbar zum schlechtmöglichsten Zeitpunkt Kanzler geworden ist. Genau jetzt bräuchten wir jemanden, der eine positive Zukunftsvision entwickeln und vermitteln kann; er schafft es aber nur, alle gegen sich zu vereinen.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026

Being a #Nightwish fan is seriously exhausting. Parting ways with Floor Jansen is a crazy choice. I was already super sad when Marko left, but this might be too much even for me.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

But that's my point: Schools usually teach British spelling and pronunciation, not American. It's in the "real world" that people are more exposed to American English, so they adopt it more readily, but honestly that's difficult to avoid given the prevalence of American movies, TV shows, etc.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 14/10/2026

I'd actually say that British English is more common across Europe than American English (both when English is taught in school and in official communication). Popular culture is what makes American English more prevalent in general.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 12/10/2026

Why do you think that? I don't see it is as such, but, like on most other social media platforms, there are sometimes undifferentiated takes on the topic. On the other hand, given how AI is forcefully shoved in so many places, can you blame people for being annoyed?

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

I like that quote, it does put it very nicely.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 10/10/2026

The world certainly is in a strange state. I think we have to actively resist dystopian narratives though; they're not healthy and can encourage passivity. What we need instead are more positive visions for the future, and invest our energy on them.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Hope everything works fine after the reinstallation!

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Hmm, that's so strange. For me, the W Users feed has always been there... Do you have any hypotheses on why it might have disappeared for you (e.g. perhaps related to subscribing to many other feeds)? In any case, I suppose this is something that @support.wsocial.eu should look into.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/10/2026

Don't you use the W Users feed? Using that + muting overposters and very negative accounts is what's made this a generally pleasant experience for me so far.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 08/10/2026

If people keep using such data-sucking products, they really can't be helped anymore; the evidence that it's likely that it will eventually be misused is available to everyone. At this point, it's really on them that they keep giving all their sensitive data for free.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 07/10/2026

Viel Spaß! Ich vermisse meinen Tanzkurs (in Köln) so sehr. Als ich vor einem Jahr nach Göteborg umgezogen bin, musste ich damit leider aufhören.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

Wenn Friedrich Merz nicht mal seine eigene Partei kontrollieren kann, wie kann er ein ganzes Land regieren? Eine rhetorische Frage.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 06/10/2026

Some browsers, such as Vivaldi, have a built-in functionality for generating website QR codes. That's not the only reason why I'd recommend Vivaldi, but it's one of them.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026

In theory yes, which is great on paper, but IMHO it ultimately just ends up perpetuating the brilliant researcher narrative, which I think is not helpful for creating a healthy research environment. Giving the prize to groups and / or institutions would certainly make the prize more just.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026

It's the week of "a few people are given credit for work that would generally be impossible without many others", aka Nobel prize announcement week. Given how collaborative research is these days, not sure what the point of this prize is anymore.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

Blinkist in the book domain as well.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 03/10/2026

I don't think that's the main reason why people don't read; I mean, there are more than enough good books written before 2022 if they don't trust new content. The problem is more of, in the lack of a better word, laziness (it's easier to spend time watching videos or asking chatbots than reading).

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

Die Firmen werden sich selbst kontrollieren, klaaaar. Manchmal schreiben sich die Witze von selbst.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

Because it's great for professional communication... I typically don't want to chat with my students, for instance. In addition, I can organise my email conversations nicely so I can find them easily at a later point; this is impossible with conversations over messaging apps.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

I've also encountered the same behaviour.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 30/09/2026

I think we could all see it happening; there are clearly many that want W to fail and would stop at nothing to make that happen. But also in general, the phenomenon seems to be getting worse throughout (social) media. The bpb podcast Netz aus Lügen is already 5 years old, but sadly so topical.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

Die Stadt mit K, heute bei perfektem Wetter.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 26/09/2026

There are also not too many news spammers though. I have maybe between 10-15 muted accounts, and the experience is much better.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 25/09/2026

I could never understand people liking their own social media posts. They (presumably) wrote the post, so it's kinda implied that they think it's good. Superfluity in action.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 22/09/2026

I really like flying in the evening, it can be so beautiful from up there.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026

Not a day to go to the pub for me today, but here's an older picture of a delicious snakebite in James Joyce, my favourite pub in Bonn. Love this place.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026

Ich habe den vermisst. 🥹 Der Film hat mir sehr gut gefallen; tolle Unterhaltung. #CoyotevsAcme

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 18/09/2026

Every time I hear grand claims about powerful and all-knowing models, I chuckle because, whenever I ask simple questions about myself, they make up at least some details (and, as we know, the devil is always in the details).

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 17/09/2026

Was he ever though? 🤭 His alleged and infamous "dumb fucks" statement is from the beginnings of Facebook.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 17/09/2026

Yeah, indeed. I also remember that Facebook used to be mostly friendly and calm at one point; feels like an eternity ago. 😆

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 17/09/2026

I think what many people forget is that W is still a beta, so it's not meant to have so many users yet. We can really call it alive or dead only once it's been fully released (so that everyone can join without a waitlist) and we can see how many people actively use it then.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026

Prima! Hoffentlich kannst du die Plattform jetzt viel mehr genießen (ohne die Option wäre ich ehrlich gesagt längst abgehauen).

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 15/09/2026

Ich habe Accounts die zu viel reposten einfach stummgeschaltet. Hin und wieder zu reposten finde ich total in Ordnung, zu oft überflutet einfach den Feed.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

I'd say there's a lot of good music these days too, it's just not mainstream / in the charts. 😃

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026

I have Wilp and A Memoir of Madness on my reading list. Will likely start the latter soon.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026

Doesn't catch all cases I'm afraid. I use both MacOS and Ubuntu, but my best fit would be in a "Do you have a life? No(t really)" category. 😆 Also, I would call MacOS glorified Ubuntu (in the sense that I essentially use the same programs on both systems); I don't use their proprietary stuff.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 10/09/2026

Wow, Moodle is still around? The last time I had to use it (in 2013/14), I was still a student. 😆

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2026

They'd do anything for the money; well, it's probably more of a religion for them at this point. 😁

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2026

I suppose we have the Ship of Theseus right here. I haven't found a satisfactory answer to this for myself, but I wonder about it often. For instance, I'm not at all the same as when I was a teenager, but does that mean I'm a different person? Given that I have anchors to my past self, I guess not.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2026

I'd say both of those things are present here as well, but it seems hard to escape from them at this point. At least we don't have a horrible engagement-driven algorithm here, and it's not possible to use infinite bots to spread hate uncontrollably.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 09/09/2026

I've been on W for two months now. I obviously joined because I want to escape rotting big tech products, but I also wanted to see if I can find cool people outside of my usual bubble; I think that has certainly been the case. The network has potential IMHO, so I hope it continues growing steadily.

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Dr. Alex Mitrevski @alex-mitrevski.wsocial.eu · 08/09/2026

Difficult indeed. In my simplistic, mathematical view (where a person is a function of their memories and experiences), I'd say it wouldn't be the exact same person if those memories are lost forever (even though it's physically the same person to an outside observer).

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