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": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
    "http://mitra/users/admin"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/YHMG3oRs0J8",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://mitra/users/admin"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/zhpMspjof_g",
    "published": "2024-08-03T15:42:42Z",
    "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  }
}

mitra

{
  "id": "019118e8-4e95-dfb8-5326-48815922c031",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/zhpMspjof_g",
  "url": null,
  "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:42Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "019118e7-ded9-7460-3eab-e229fb6ef7d0",
    "username": "actor",
    "acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "display_name": "Test Actor",
    "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:14.744767Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": null,
    "header": null,
    "locked": false,
    "mention_policy": "none",
    "bot": false,
    "identity_proofs": [],
    "payment_options": [],
    "fields": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "followers_count": 0,
    "following_count": 0,
    "subscribers_count": 0,
    "statuses_count": 20,
    "source": null,
    "role": null,
    "authentication_methods": null,
    "client_config": null
  },
  "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
  "reblog": null,
  "visibility": "public",
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "pinned": false,
  "replies_count": 0,
  "favourites_count": 0,
  "reblogs_count": 0,
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [
    {
      "id": "019118e6-d690-71d3-ff0d-fec253e88c18",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "quote": null,
    "quote_visible": false
  },
  "ipfs_cid": null,
  "links": []
}

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": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://mitra/users/admin"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/mOm_R2V_kko",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "as:Public",
      "http://mitra/users/admin"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/FPHP32QFsMo",
    "published": "2024-08-03T15:42:43Z",
    "content": "as:Public"
  }
}

mitra

{
  "id": "019118e8-5474-3882-f795-6f060aec0831",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/FPHP32QFsMo",
  "url": null,
  "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:43Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "019118e7-ded9-7460-3eab-e229fb6ef7d0",
    "username": "actor",
    "acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "display_name": "Test Actor",
    "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:14.744767Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": null,
    "header": null,
    "locked": false,
    "mention_policy": "none",
    "bot": false,
    "identity_proofs": [],
    "payment_options": [],
    "fields": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "followers_count": 0,
    "following_count": 0,
    "subscribers_count": 0,
    "statuses_count": 21,
    "source": null,
    "role": null,
    "authentication_methods": null,
    "client_config": null
  },
  "content": "as:Public",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
  "reblog": null,
  "visibility": "public",
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "pinned": false,
  "replies_count": 0,
  "favourites_count": 0,
  "reblogs_count": 0,
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [
    {
      "id": "019118e6-d690-71d3-ff0d-fec253e88c18",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "quote": null,
    "quote_visible": false
  },
  "ipfs_cid": null,
  "links": []
}

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://mitra/users/admin"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/l2IIx8CCsKE",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "Public",
      "http://mitra/users/admin"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/91dXQHtAr-c",
    "published": "2024-08-03T15:42:45Z",
    "content": "Public"
  }
}

mitra

{
  "id": "019118e8-5a4e-e4ba-3f13-17852ffe77ac",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/91dXQHtAr-c",
  "url": null,
  "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:45Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "019118e7-ded9-7460-3eab-e229fb6ef7d0",
    "username": "actor",
    "acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "actor_id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "display_name": "Test Actor",
    "created_at": "2024-08-03T15:42:14.744767Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": null,
    "header": null,
    "locked": false,
    "mention_policy": "none",
    "bot": false,
    "identity_proofs": [],
    "payment_options": [],
    "fields": [],
    "emojis": [],
    "followers_count": 0,
    "following_count": 0,
    "subscribers_count": 0,
    "statuses_count": 22,
    "source": null,
    "role": null,
    "authentication_methods": null,
    "client_config": null
  },
  "content": "Public",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "in_reply_to_account_id": null,
  "reblog": null,
  "visibility": "public",
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "pinned": false,
  "replies_count": 0,
  "favourites_count": 0,
  "reblogs_count": 0,
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [
    {
      "id": "019118e6-d690-71d3-ff0d-fec253e88c18",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "quote": null,
    "quote_visible": false
  },
  "ipfs_cid": null,
  "links": []
}