Public addressing¶
Public addressing is discussed here. The essential point here is that
Public, as:Public, and https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public
are equivalent as JSON-LD and thus should be treated in the same way
by Fediverse applications.
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://friendica/profile/friend",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/GFzdBmfuVLQ",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:37Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://friendica/profile/friend"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/5hv10ZhNouk",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:37Z",
"content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
}
}
friendica
{
"id": "24",
"created_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:37.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_status": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"visibility": "public",
"language": "un",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/5hv10ZhNouk",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/5hv10ZhNouk",
"replies_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"muted": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"content": "<a href=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Publ\u2026</a>",
"reblog": null,
"quote": null,
"application": {
"name": "ActivityPub",
"vapid_key": null
},
"account": {
"id": "5",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"locked": false,
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"group": false,
"created_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:13.000Z",
"note": "",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"avatar": "http://friendica/photo/contact/320/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033",
"avatar_static": "http://friendica/photo/contact/320/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033&static=1",
"header": "http://friendica/photo/header/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033",
"header_static": "http://friendica/photo/header/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033&static=1",
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 0,
"last_status_at": "2025-08-11T00:00:00.000Z",
"emojis": [],
"fields": []
},
"media_attachments": [],
"mentions": [],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"card": null,
"poll": null,
"friendica": {
"title": "",
"changed_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:37.000Z",
"commented_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:37.000Z",
"received_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:37.000Z",
"delivery_data": {
"delivery_queue_count": null,
"delivery_queue_done": null,
"delivery_queue_failed": null
},
"dislikes_count": 0,
"disliked": false,
"network": "ActivityPub",
"platform": "ActivityPub",
"version": "",
"sitename": "",
"visibility": {
"allow_cid": [],
"deny_cid": [],
"allow_gid": [],
"deny_gid": []
},
"content": "<a href=\"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Publ\u2026</a>"
}
}
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://friendica/profile/friend",
"as:Public"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/DOmAGWEdGu4",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:38Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"to": [
"as:Public",
"http://friendica/profile/friend"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/GlwWB-ljzUI",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:38Z",
"content": "as:Public"
}
}
friendica
{
"id": "25",
"created_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:38.000Z",
"edited_at": null,
"in_reply_to_id": null,
"in_reply_to_status": null,
"in_reply_to_account_id": null,
"sensitive": false,
"spoiler_text": "",
"visibility": "public",
"language": "gl",
"uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/GlwWB-ljzUI",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/GlwWB-ljzUI",
"replies_count": 0,
"reblogs_count": 0,
"favourites_count": 0,
"favourited": false,
"reblogged": false,
"muted": false,
"bookmarked": false,
"content": "as:Public",
"reblog": null,
"quote": null,
"application": {
"name": "ActivityPub",
"vapid_key": null
},
"account": {
"id": "5",
"username": "actor",
"acct": "",
"display_name": "Test Actor",
"locked": false,
"bot": false,
"discoverable": true,
"group": false,
"created_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:13.000Z",
"note": "",
"url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"avatar": "http://friendica/photo/contact/320/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033",
"avatar_static": "http://friendica/photo/contact/320/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033&static=1",
"header": "http://friendica/photo/header/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033",
"header_static": "http://friendica/photo/header/0700725d-72c7be8a-36a431191785fdc7?ts=1754932033&static=1",
"followers_count": 0,
"following_count": 0,
"statuses_count": 0,
"last_status_at": "2025-08-11T00:00:00.000Z",
"emojis": [],
"fields": []
},
"media_attachments": [],
"mentions": [],
"tags": [],
"emojis": [],
"card": null,
"poll": null,
"friendica": {
"title": "",
"changed_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:39.000Z",
"commented_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:39.000Z",
"received_at": "2025-08-11T17:07:39.000Z",
"delivery_data": {
"delivery_queue_count": null,
"delivery_queue_done": null,
"delivery_queue_failed": null
},
"dislikes_count": 0,
"disliked": false,
"network": "ActivityPub",
"platform": "ActivityPub",
"version": "",
"sitename": "",
"visibility": {
"allow_cid": [],
"deny_cid": [],
"allow_gid": [],
"deny_gid": []
},
"content": "as:Public"
}
}
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": [
"Public",
"http://friendica/profile/friend"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/3_FYX6nNGpI",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:40Z",
"object": {
"type": "Note",
"attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
"to": [
"Public",
"http://friendica/profile/friend"
],
"id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/TlXv_poDk-o",
"published": "2025-08-11T17:07:40Z",
"content": "Public"
}
}
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