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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://hollo/@john",
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/_L0UMtGqajc",
  "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:20Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://hollo/@john"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/nLV37E9Dyvc",
    "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:20Z",
    "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://gotosocial/users/cookie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
cattle_grid
{
  "field_context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/VI6yeP7ECMY",
  "to": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
    "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
  ],
  "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:14Z",
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "object": {
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/4ZBPOV1OLo4",
    "to": [
      "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
      "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
    ],
    "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:14Z",
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
  }
}
hollo
{
  "id": "0192ee3f-0340-7027-8b45-ccbee1399592",
  "created_at": "2024-11-02T18:59:20.000Z",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "visibility": "public",
  "language": null,
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/nLV37E9Dyvc",
  "url": null,
  "replies_count": 0,
  "reblogs_count": 0,
  "favourites_count": 0,
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "muted": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "pinned": false,
  "content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
  "reblog": null,
  "quote_id": null,
  "quote": null,
  "application": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "0192ee3e-cd62-7072-bd1d-65735daf05d7",
    "username": "actor",
    "acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "display_name": "Test Actor",
    "locked": false,
    "bot": false,
    "created_at": "2024-11-02T18:59:06.152Z",
    "note": "",
    "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "avatar": "http://hollo/image/avatars/original/missing.png",
    "avatar_static": "http://hollo/image/avatars/original/missing.png",
    "header": "http://hollo/image/headers/original/missing.png",
    "header_static": "http://hollo/image/headers/original/missing.png",
    "followers_count": 0,
    "following_count": 0,
    "statuses_count": 0,
    "moved": null,
    "last_status_at": null,
    "emojis": [],
    "fields": []
  },
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "tags": [],
  "card": null,
  "emojis": [],
  "emoji_reactions": [],
  "poll": null,
  "filtered": null
}

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://hollo/@john"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/8Ey2wcwYumM",
  "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:21Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "as:Public",
      "http://hollo/@john"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/EL4vWGjyej8",
    "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:21Z",
    "content": "as:Public",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://gotosocial/users/cookie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
cattle_grid
{
  "field_context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/Gpmn6e255j8",
  "to": [
    "as:Public",
    "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
  ],
  "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:15Z",
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "object": {
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/SsK6vAyrEIw",
    "to": [
      "as:Public",
      "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
    ],
    "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:15Z",
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "content": "as:Public"
  }
}
hollo
{
  "id": "0192ee3f-0728-7a06-a83f-efd29984839a",
  "created_at": "2024-11-02T18:59:21.000Z",
  "in_reply_to_id": null,
  "sensitive": false,
  "spoiler_text": "",
  "visibility": "public",
  "language": null,
  "uri": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/EL4vWGjyej8",
  "url": null,
  "replies_count": 0,
  "reblogs_count": 0,
  "favourites_count": 0,
  "favourited": false,
  "reblogged": false,
  "muted": false,
  "bookmarked": false,
  "pinned": false,
  "content": "as:Public",
  "reblog": null,
  "quote_id": null,
  "quote": null,
  "application": null,
  "account": {
    "id": "0192ee3e-cd62-7072-bd1d-65735daf05d7",
    "username": "actor",
    "acct": "actor@pasture-one-actor",
    "display_name": "Test Actor",
    "locked": false,
    "bot": false,
    "created_at": "2024-11-02T18:59:06.152Z",
    "note": "",
    "url": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "avatar": "http://hollo/image/avatars/original/missing.png",
    "avatar_static": "http://hollo/image/avatars/original/missing.png",
    "header": "http://hollo/image/headers/original/missing.png",
    "header_static": "http://hollo/image/headers/original/missing.png",
    "followers_count": 0,
    "following_count": 0,
    "statuses_count": 0,
    "moved": null,
    "last_status_at": null,
    "emojis": [],
    "fields": []
  },
  "media_attachments": [],
  "mentions": [],
  "tags": [],
  "card": null,
  "emojis": [],
  "emoji_reactions": [],
  "poll": null,
  "filtered": null
}

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://hollo/@john"
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/1RXAWn2fijI",
  "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:22Z",
  "object": {
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "to": [
      "Public",
      "http://hollo/@john"
    ],
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/8jhTXSzKQ7c",
    "published": "2024-11-02T18:59:22Z",
    "content": "Public",
    "tag": [
      {
        "type": "Mention",
        "href": "http://gotosocial/users/cookie"
      }
    ]
  }
}
cattle_grid
{
  "field_context": [
    "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    {
      "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
      "sensitive": "as:sensitive"
    }
  ],
  "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/GVOx_4eMVac",
  "to": [
    "Public",
    "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
  ],
  "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:16Z",
  "type": "Create",
  "actor": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
  "object": {
    "id": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor/sEPpQc3QQvw",
    "to": [
      "Public",
      "http://abel/actor/a_Ov0G8sbw0AqVeyefxDWQ"
    ],
    "published": "2024-11-02T14:55:16Z",
    "type": "Note",
    "attributedTo": "http://pasture-one-actor/actor",
    "content": "Public"
  }
}

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