“Some folks have gotten themselves together as something they’re calling the Social Web Foundation, and I’ll cut to the chase: this is an attempt by #ActivityPub partisans to rebrand the confusing “fediverse” terminology, and in the process, regardless of intent, shit on everything else that’s been the social web going back twenty-five years.”
https://bix.blog/posts/holy-hell-the-social-web-did-not-begin-in-2008
While they’re harsh words, I hope @swf will receive this earnest feedback with grace and reconsider its positioning accordingly.