After leading the ActivityPub Trust & Safety taskforce – the group trying to improve trust & safety of the protocol – for two years, I've decided to step down as lead, and also exit the Social Web Community Group entirely. (I remain in the Social Web Working Group as an Invited Expert, but I'm not currently participating)
That taskforce is now seeking a new leader or co-leads, more info at: https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-trust-and-safety/issues/135
This was a decision I needed to make for my well-being and with respect to my time and energy, and it was one I deliberated on for several months. It was not an easy decision.
All my current supporters also received an email the other night with this news, such that they could decide whether or not they want to continue financially supporting my work.
What I will continue working on is open source trust & safety technology and other parts of the open social web, as well as contributing to open source software in general.
