Here are my 2026 social web predictions:

[evan@cosocial.ca]

Here are my 2026 social web predictions:

1. ActivityPub API spreads.
2. E2EE flourishes.
3. First draft of ActivityPub 1.1.
4. More investment by governments.
5. One more big company joins the Fediverse.
6. LOLA grows.

[ukiahsmith@mastodon.social]

@evan what features does ActivityPub 1.1 introduce?

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@UkiahSmith mostly cleaning up errata and unclear language. There are also a number of backwards compatible changes proposed for consideration.

https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues?q=is%3Aissue%20state%3Aopen%20label%3A%22Next%20version%22