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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{ "@context": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams", { "ostatus": "http://ostatus.org#", "atomUri": "ostatus:atomUri", "inReplyToAtomUri": "ostatus:inReplyToAtomUri", "conversation": "ostatus:conversation", "sensitive": "as:sensitive", "toot": "http://joinmastodon.org/ns#", "votersCount": "toot:votersCount", "litepub": "http://litepub.social/ns#", "directMessage": "litepub:directMessage", "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag" } ], "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": null, "published": "2024-11-18T19:16:35Z", "url": "https://infosec.exchange/@technotenshi/113505559889997553", "attributedTo": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/followers" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553", "inReplyToAtomUri": null, "conversation": "tag:infosec.exchange,2024-11-18:objectId=214338286:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>A critical look at Bluesky: Despite claims of decentralization, the core infrastructure remains tightly controlled by Bluesky Social, PBC, a VC-funded, for-profit company. With a proprietary protocol (ATProto) developed solely in-house, the incentives lean toward control rather than true federation. For now, it's still better than ExTwitter, but don't mistake it for Mastodon's openness.</p><p><a href=\"https://canolcer.com/post/thoughts-on-bluesky/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">canolcer.com/post/thoughts-on-</span><span class=\"invisible\">bluesky/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bluesky\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/Decentralization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialMedia\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>A critical look at Bluesky: Despite claims of decentralization, the core infrastructure remains tightly controlled by Bluesky Social, PBC, a VC-funded, for-profit company. With a proprietary protocol (ATProto) developed solely in-house, the incentives lean toward control rather than true federation. For now, it's still better than ExTwitter, but don't mistake it for Mastodon's openness.</p><p><a href=\"https://canolcer.com/post/thoughts-on-bluesky/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" translate=\"no\"><span class=\"invisible\">https://</span><span class=\"ellipsis\">canolcer.com/post/thoughts-on-</span><span class=\"invisible\">bluesky/</span></a></p><p><a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/Bluesky\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Bluesky</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/Decentralization\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Decentralization</span></a> <a href=\"https://infosec.exchange/tags/SocialMedia\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a></p>" }, "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/bluesky", "name": "#bluesky" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/decentralization", "name": "#decentralization" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://infosec.exchange/tags/socialmedia", "name": "#socialmedia" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 65 }, "shares": { "id": "https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/113505559889997553/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 66 } }