ActivityPub Viewer

A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL or username from Mastodon or a similar service below, and we'll send a request with the right Accept header to the server to view the underlying object.

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But I also was left wondering how somebody like Gruber deals with all of these strong (at least it feels strong) feelings directed towards him …<br/><br/>I wrote something about SharePlay a few days ago and got somebody telling me how SharePlay was “dystopian” 😛 It feels a bit jarring, at least to me, to just talk about tech because you find it interesting to have somebody disagree with you vehemently. My general approach to things is, if you love it (and it doesn’t harm you or anybody else) then that’s your right, I don’t need to love it too, but I’ll always fight for your right to love/like it.<br/><br/>But to have somebody disagree with something that wasn’t aimed at them and to spend time trying to convince me that I was wrong (or so it felt) just felt a bit strange. But I guess that’s what being on the Internet is?<br/><br/>I just don’t get this kind of thing that much. So I just wonder how it feels when you are John Gruber and you get so many varying kinds of arguments (or just comments) from hundreds, if not thousands, of people?<br/><br/>Not sure I’d have the mental bandwidth for it 🙂<br/><br/><a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"reflections\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/reflections\">#Reflections</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"onlinediscussions\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/onlinediscussions\">#OnlineDiscussions</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"responses\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/responses\">#Responses</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"beingonline\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/beingonline\">#BeingOnline</a>", "contentMap": { "en": "The ActivityPub federation on my server must have suddenly caught up or something (or there was a slew of activity from <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url mention\" data-user=\"ARy9KyQEbGGsgGkJBw\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@gruber\" rel=\"ugc\">@<span>gruber</span></a></span>) but I suddenly got a whole lot of posts in my feed from Gruber in reply to responses from people on his post on Apple’s Vision Pro …<br><br>I found it interesting reading, just to see all the different responses and Gruber’s take on things. But I also was left wondering how somebody like Gruber deals with all of these strong (at least it feels strong) feelings directed towards him …<br><br>I wrote something about SharePlay a few days ago and got somebody telling me how SharePlay was “dystopian” 😛 It feels a bit jarring, at least to me, to just talk about tech because you find it interesting to have somebody disagree with you vehemently. My general approach to things is, if you love it (and it doesn’t harm you or anybody else) then that’s your right, I don’t need to love it too, but I’ll always fight for your right to love/like it.<br><br>But to have somebody disagree with something that wasn’t aimed at them and to spend time trying to convince me that I was wrong (or so it felt) just felt a bit strange. But I guess that’s what being on the Internet is?<br><br>I just don’t get this kind of thing that much. So I just wonder how it feels when you are John Gruber and you get so many varying kinds of arguments (or just comments) from hundreds, if not thousands, of people?<br><br>Not sure I’d have the mental bandwidth for it 🙂<br><br><a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"reflections\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/reflections\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#Reflections</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"onlinediscussions\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/onlinediscussions\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#OnlineDiscussions</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"responses\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/responses\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#Responses</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"beingonline\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/beingonline\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#BeingOnline</a>" }, "context": "https://a.farook.org/contexts/f3c2678e-7f84-4854-9288-56954c069a70", "conversation": "https://a.farook.org/contexts/f3c2678e-7f84-4854-9288-56954c069a70", "formerRepresentations": { "orderedItems": [ { "actor": "https://a.farook.org/users/f", "attachment": [], "attributedTo": "https://a.farook.org/users/f", "cc": [ "https://a.farook.org/users/f/followers" ], "content": "The ActivityPub federation on my server must have suddenly caught up or something (or there was a slew of activity from <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url mention\" data-user=\"ARy9KyQEbGGsgGkJBw\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@gruber\" rel=\"ugc\">@<span>gruber</span></a></span>) but I suddenly got a whole lot of posts in my feed from Gruber in reply to responses from people on his post on Apple’s Vision Pro …<br/><br/>I found it interesting reading, just to see all the different responses and Gruber’s take on things. But I also was left wondering how somebody like Gruber deals with all of these strong (at least it feels strong) feelings directed towards him …<br/><br/>I wrote something about SharePlay a few days ago and got somebody telling me how SharePlay was “dystopian” 😛 It feels a bit jarring, at least to me, to just talk about tech because you find it interesting to have somebody disagree with you vehemently. My general approach to things is, if you love it (and it doesn’t harm anybody else) then that’s your right, I don’t need to love it too, but I’ll always fight for your right to love/like it.<br/><br/>But to have somebody disagree with something that wasn’t aimed at theme and to spend time trying to convince me that I was wrong (or so it felt) just felt a bit strange. But I guess that’s what being on the Internet is?<br/><br/>I just don’t get this kind of thing that much. So I just wonder how it feels when you are John Gruber and you get so many varying kinds of arguments (or just comments) from hundreds, if not thousands, of people?<br/><br/>Not sure I’d have the mental bandwidth for it 🙂<br/><br/><a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"reflections\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/reflections\">#Reflections</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"onlinediscussions\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/onlinediscussions\">#OnlineDiscussions</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"responses\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/responses\">#Responses</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"beingonline\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/beingonline\">#BeingOnline</a>", "contentMap": { "en": "The ActivityPub federation on my server must have suddenly caught up or something (or there was a slew of activity from <span class=\"h-card\"><a class=\"u-url mention\" data-user=\"ARy9KyQEbGGsgGkJBw\" href=\"https://mastodon.social/@gruber\" rel=\"ugc\">@<span>gruber</span></a></span>) but I suddenly got a whole lot of posts in my feed from Gruber in reply to responses from people on his post on Apple’s Vision Pro …<br><br>I found it interesting reading, just to see all the different responses and Gruber’s take on things. But I also was left wondering how somebody like Gruber deals with all of these strong (at least it feels strong) feelings directed towards him …<br><br>I wrote something about SharePlay a few days ago and got somebody telling me how SharePlay was “dystopian” 😛 It feels a bit jarring, at least to me, to just talk about tech because you find it interesting to have somebody disagree with you vehemently. My general approach to things is, if you love it (and it doesn’t harm anybody else) then that’s your right, I don’t need to love it too, but I’ll always fight for your right to love/like it.<br><br>But to have somebody disagree with something that wasn’t aimed at theme and to spend time trying to convince me that I was wrong (or so it felt) just felt a bit strange. But I guess that’s what being on the Internet is?<br><br>I just don’t get this kind of thing that much. So I just wonder how it feels when you are John Gruber and you get so many varying kinds of arguments (or just comments) from hundreds, if not thousands, of people?<br><br>Not sure I’d have the mental bandwidth for it 🙂<br><br><a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"reflections\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/reflections\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#Reflections</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"onlinediscussions\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/onlinediscussions\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#OnlineDiscussions</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"responses\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/responses\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#Responses</a> <a class=\"hashtag\" data-tag=\"beingonline\" href=\"https://a.farook.org/tag/beingonline\" rel=\"tag ugc\">#BeingOnline</a>" }, "context": "https://a.farook.org/contexts/f3c2678e-7f84-4854-9288-56954c069a70", "conversation": "https://a.farook.org/contexts/f3c2678e-7f84-4854-9288-56954c069a70", "published": "2023-06-14T04:11:49.413693Z", "sensitive": false, "source": { "content": "The ActivityPub federation on my server must have suddenly caught up or something (or there was a slew of activity from @gruber@mastodon.social) but I suddenly got a whole lot of posts in my feed from Gruber in reply to responses from people on his post on Apple’s Vision Pro …\n\nI found it interesting reading, just to see all the different responses and Gruber’s take on things. 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