@mro@digitalcourage.social I think you're completely right. I've had the privilege of attending two in-person conferences related to ActivityPub—FOSDEM and Fedicon—and the difference between them and collaborating online is staggering.

I'm not so sure about the assertion that "big shots" weren't on SocialHub as a cause of it being sidelined. While the big names (e.g. Evan from SWF, Renaud/Claire from Mastodon, Nutomic from Lemmy, to name a few) don't post there often, they do show up from time to time, which goes to show that something like a forum does have a place in online collaboration.

Perhaps it is a question of whether there is enough derived value from participating in SocialHub.

I will say this, though, that I have far too much going on with my life (work, family, hobbies, more work) to dedicate the appropriate mind-share to yet another social website. I happen to participate in SocialHub discussions purely because I can do so from my own ActivityPub-enabled software. Occasionally I visit the site directly when I am directly mentioned (and later emailed about it.)