Mastodawn

My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions: includes fediverse predctions focuesed on work being done by: @dansup @surf @Mastodon @piefedadmin @ghostexplore @rimu @activitypub.blog @anewsocial @fedify @fed.brid.gy @altstore See what you think. What did I miss? https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/12/23/my-open-social-web-predictions.html

My 2026 Open Social Web Predictions - Tim Chambers

Predictions for 2026 include growth forecasts for various social media platforms, advancements in federated technologies, and anticipated shifts in how …

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penyaskito Dec 23

@tchambers

> HOT TAKE: At least one major national government or major city will launch an official presence on BOTH Bluesky AND the ActivityPub Fediverse in 2026 — and it will be a European government.

Is
https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission already considered?

European Commission (@[email protected])

3.41K Posts, 10 Following, 149K Followers · News and information from the European Commission. A project to foster our presence in the fediverse and support our commitment to European social media platforms based on open source technology. 🇪🇺 Official Mastodon account as verified by the official EU domain in our server’s address (https://europa.eu).

European Commission on Mastodon

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Jörn Franke Dec 23

@penyaskito @tchambers There is also https://social.bund.de - the mastodon instance of the German federal government

social.bund.de

Dies ist der Mastodon-Server der Bundesbeauftragten für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI).

Mastodon hosted on social.bund.de

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Tim Chambers Dec 23

@jornfranke @penyaskito Yes, this prediction is that a new entry will join.

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Seth of the Fediverse

@tchambers @jornfranke @penyaskito I hope most countries or NGOs or hell Gov't orgs will join the Open Web. Not hopeful for any US ones under the current administration.