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.
Support Table Preview¶
| to | Object | Activity |
|---|---|---|
https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public |
Object | Activity |
as:Public |
Object | Activity |
Public |
Object | Activity |
Objects¶
Object 1¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/1fPCWWWJEy4",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"type": "Note"
}
Object 2¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "as:Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/K2Vl7nepCS0",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"as:Public"
],
"type": "Note"
}
Object 3¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/0HsEXVTxRCI",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"Public"
],
"type": "Note"
}
Activities¶
Activity 1¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"actor": "http://actor.example",
"id": "http://actor.example/activity/JiiCuOOk0n4",
"object": {
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/KW84_tlgiBk",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public",
"http://remote.example/"
],
"type": "Note"
},
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"http://remote.example/",
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"type": "Create"
}
Activity 2¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"actor": "http://actor.example",
"id": "http://actor.example/activity/9_wHkBECNy0",
"object": {
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "as:Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/TgeKze9y2ng",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"as:Public",
"http://remote.example/"
],
"type": "Note"
},
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"as:Public",
"http://remote.example/"
],
"type": "Create"
}
Activity 3¶
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag",
"sensitive": "as:sensitive"
}
],
"actor": "http://actor.example",
"id": "http://actor.example/activity/l0W6mTV2QUQ",
"object": {
"attributedTo": "http://actor.example",
"content": "Public",
"id": "http://actor.example/object/MMZUYLY14oA",
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"Public",
"http://remote.example/"
],
"type": "Note"
},
"published": "2025-10-12T08:53:00Z",
"to": [
"Public",
"http://remote.example/"
],
"type": "Create"
}