- From: Aaron Gray <aaronngray@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 20:25:58 +0100
- To: Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name>
- Cc: public-swicg@w3.org, Darius Kazemi <darius.kazemi@gmail.com>
- Message-ID: <CAKXmGHDVKqaB5D2D2wvAW_8A-wLs8D_EqxGebku2fA7nss3j7A@mail.gmail.com>
Sorry, you have been blockedYou are unable to access swicg.io On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 20:23, Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote: > I think would be great for SWICG to run a forum for developers about > ActivityPub. Maybe we could even use the w3c.social domain...? Or swicg.io > ? > > Evan > > > On August 1, 2025 10:36:48 AM PDT, Darius Kazemi <darius.kazemi@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> SocialHub (https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks) has an upcoming forced >> transition on September 10, 2025 when the domain that hosts their email >> service (required for ongoing operation) expires. The maintainer(s) do "not >> intend to renew it unless there is a solid ongoing plan for the community >> for taking over this infrastructure, including financially." Thread here: >> >> >> https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-developer-community-reboot-or-shutdown/5445 >> >> There is even some floating of the idea that if SWICG is in charge of >> activitypub.rocks, maybe SWICG could take over stewardship of SocialHub. (I >> personally don't think we have the resources to do this but I wanted to >> point out to the list that the discussion is happening.) >> >> >> https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/socialhub-developer-community-reboot-or-shutdown/5445/7 >> >> I'm curious what Forum Task Force people in particular think about this >> (Julian?). My sense is that with true forum federation the community could >> survive and thrive even after a SocialHub shutdown, with people posting to >> topics from their software/servers of choice. Other people are arguing that >> decentralized discussion will fragment the community even further, or that >> perhaps context collapse between different communities will reduce the >> quality of discussion. There's some discussion here: >> >> >> https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/against-fragmentation-unifying-dev-discussions-with-forum-federation/5402 >> >> Any thoughts? I'm particularly interested in ways SWICG could be of help >> to the community in this moment. >> >> -Darius >> > -- Aaron Gray - https://bsky.app/profile/aaronngray.bsky.social | @AaronNGray@fosstodon.org | @AaronNGray@Twitter.com Meta-Mathematician, Independent Open Source Software Engineer, Computer Language Researcher and Designer, Type Theorist, Computer Scientist, Environmentalist and Climate Science Researcher and Disseminator.
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