Who is behind BuyfromEU?
Brandwise it is a complete mess.
They are everywhere but with a proliferation of names (e.g. BuyfromEU, BuyEuropean), websites, logos and instances on social (X, Bluesky, Reddit, Lemmy, digg).
Who is behind BuyfromEU?
Brandwise it is a complete mess.
They are everywhere but with a proliferation of names (e.g. BuyfromEU, BuyEuropean), websites, logos and instances on social (X, Bluesky, Reddit, Lemmy, digg).
Rather than sarcastic, I feel confused. Is buyfromeu the same as goeuropean, go-european, madeineuropeeu? Where should I post? What is the difference between them? It seems like the EU itself (27 opinions, therefore 27 logos, websites, etc.)
It’s basically a movement with various different groups with similar goals, but no central organization. For example, there is the /r/buyfromEU subreddit, whose mod team has also created a Mastodon account, but who don’t run any of the Lemmy communities AFAIK. A couple of users from the subreddit created the GoEuropean app. Various users also created infographics, which get shared around between the platforms. Lemmy has 2 major communities, this one and [email protected]. There’s some smaller offshoots from users who either didn’t like the instances these are hosted on or had some other issues with them I guess. It’s indeed all a bit fractured right now. As for where to post, pick any that’s active I guess. I’m subscribed to both this one and [email protected], but I slightly prefer the latter, because I think “Buy European” sounds better as a slogan and explicitely includes Non-EU countries like Switzerland and the UK, which I’m in favor of.
Thank you.