SocialHub and W3C Social Web Incubator Community Group

Hi folks,

This seems like a good time to reach out with my first post to the group to
try and connect some dots.

When I first came upon the fediverse in early 2021, ActivityPub stood out
as a protocol around which most coordination was happening. From that
protocol, to the group that started it, to the forum they created, I made
it to SocialHub which seemed to be the community to join.

Always in the back of my mind I could see that SocialHub was related to
W3C's SWICG but that the group's website (
https://www.w3.org/community/socialcg/) and its github (
https://github.com/swicg) were very quiet especially given SWICG's 100+
members.

A few days ago the relationship between SocialHub and W3C was mentioned in
a thread by Andreas Kuckartz and after thinking about it I created a thread
(
https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-and-w3c-social-web-incubator-community-group/2882)
to inquire about this relationship. Here are the main questions:

* What is the relationship *today* between SocialHub and W3C Social Web
Incubator Community Group?
* Does the W3C pay for hosting and for activitypub.rocks domain?
* Is there overlap between administration of SocialHub and leadership in
W3C SWICG?

If anyone can answer these questions I think it’ll help reduce confusion
and make it easier for all involved.

Thanks,

David (@weex@c4.social)