Mentions

Mentions are discussed in this section of ActivityStreams.

The big difference on if mentions are parsed are currently a result of if the value in href can be resolved by the application being tested.

In the support table parsed means that the activity could be parsed, but the mention was discarded. A ❌ in the support table means that the entire message has failed to parse.

Examples

Example 1

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/RlbbmwM5G-4",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:31Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/F3Ip0Iot97E",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:31Z",
    "content": "basic mention; mention as list of dictionaries",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "name": "@actor@test_server",
        "href": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Example 2

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/802-VU-5Jc8",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:42Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/0mPOOhzLlrw",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:42Z",
    "content": "text @actor@pasture-one-actor; mention as dictionary",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@actor@test_server",
      "href": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
    }
  }
}

Example 3

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/4ONRtrpX0Pg",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:53Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/ysa_-M-nUZk",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:02:53Z",
    "content": "unrelated text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "something something",
      "href": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
    }
  }
}

Example 4

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/En6VY4NXgFA",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:04Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/XP3-JBU1elU",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:04Z",
    "content": "Missing Name @actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "href": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
    }
  }
}

Example 5

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/-qG8RY0BJ_c",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:14Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/SZu1aLQOFt8",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:14Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@the_milkman@mastodon.social",
      "href": "https://mastodon.social/users/the_milkman"
    }
  }
}

Example 6

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/CVkfvmV7Jys",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:25Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/BEfCsr_GW4o",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:25Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@dummy@example",
      "href": "https://dummy.example"
    }
  }
}

Example 7

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/TShiJrPGgww",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:36Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/UXteX_2u6fw",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:36Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "Mention",
      "name": "@test_actor@test_server",
      "href": "http://test_actor"
    }
  }
}

Example 8

activity

{
  "@context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "to": [
    "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/7VAUsMqxlc4",
  "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:47Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://misskey/users/a81brpe9rktl0003"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/Htjn8AMwnSM",
    "published": "2025-05-21T10:03:47Z",
    "content": "text",
    "tag": {
      "type": "as:Mention",
      "name": "yay",
      "href": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor"
    }
  }
}