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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://mitra/users/admin",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/tVyFlnTEiwM",
  "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:00Z",
  "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/nPGeutamacE",
    "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:00Z",
    "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  }
}
mitra
{
  "id": "0192c81b-8b2f-256c-d9f9-6007aa6ccbc5",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/nPGeutamacE",
  "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/nPGeutamacE",
  "created_at": "2024-10-26T09:15:00Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "0192c81b-160b-e660-e2a9-30ba1854a74e",
    "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": "2024-10-26T09:14:31.306920Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
    "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": "0192c819-f5a8-c663-4abf-ac4075d15c50",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "parent_visible": true,
    "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": [
    "http://mitra/users/admin",
    "as:Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/sNIqgYryT00",
  "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:01Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "as:Public",
      "http://mitra/users/admin"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/gW7gbVbsFxU",
    "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:01Z",
    "content": "as:Public"
  }
}
mitra
{
  "id": "0192c81b-9108-2d43-decc-f8b9674df6d4",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/gW7gbVbsFxU",
  "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/gW7gbVbsFxU",
  "created_at": "2024-10-26T09:15:01Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "0192c81b-160b-e660-e2a9-30ba1854a74e",
    "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": "2024-10-26T09:14:31.306920Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
    "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": "0192c819-f5a8-c663-4abf-ac4075d15c50",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "parent_visible": true,
    "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": [
    "http://mitra/users/admin",
    "Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/IeRhIXB5Chg",
  "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:03Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "Public",
      "http://mitra/users/admin"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/pkFTiyC1w8A",
    "published": "2024-10-26T09:15:03Z",
    "content": "Public"
  }
}
mitra
{
  "id": "0192c81b-96e9-f8a5-5dc6-8bb99790afcb",
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/pkFTiyC1w8A",
  "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/pkFTiyC1w8A",
  "created_at": "2024-10-26T09:15:03Z",
  "edited_at": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "0192c81b-160b-e660-e2a9-30ba1854a74e",
    "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": "2024-10-26T09:14:31.306920Z",
    "note": "",
    "avatar": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon?input=http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "header": "http://mitra/api/v1/accounts/identicon",
    "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": "0192c819-f5a8-c663-4abf-ac4075d15c50",
      "username": "admin",
      "acct": "admin",
      "url": "http://mitra/users/admin"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [],
  "emojis": [],
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "pleroma": {
    "emoji_reactions": [],
    "in_reply_to_account_acct": null,
    "parent_visible": true,
    "quote": null,
    "quote_visible": false
  },
  "ipfs_cid": null,
  "links": []
}