I did not get that when you wrote positioning you really meant redefining the forgefriends project. Our chat today helped me understand that and it sheds a different light on the subject.
The scope of the forgefriends project could loosely be defined as doing whatever is necessary to help developers use different forges seamlessly, in the same way they use different SMTP servers when sending mail. It makes no sense to create accounts on a zillion forges to participate in a zillion project, this has to stop.
It can be considered to contribute to other projects / initiatives because they largely overlap. The https://coding.social/ project for instance. But also advocacy for federated projects such as https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/ and more.
The idea that the forgefriends project should be redefined is new to me and I would be interested to know what you have in mind.