A small tool to view real-world ActivityPub objects as JSON! Enter a URL
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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",
"Hashtag": "as:Hashtag"
}
],
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969",
"type": "Note",
"summary": null,
"inReplyTo": "https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/b9459d2c-7826-4721-a6cd-5ab611724456",
"published": "2025-06-08T11:16:13Z",
"url": "https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC/114647457663209969",
"attributedTo": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC",
"to": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"
],
"cc": [
"https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/followers",
"https://social.ewenbell.com/users/ewen"
],
"sensitive": false,
"atomUri": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969",
"inReplyToAtomUri": "https://social.ewenbell.com/objects/b9459d2c-7826-4721-a6cd-5ab611724456",
"conversation": "https://social.ewenbell.com/contexts/54d1d7d6-d8c3-40bd-96c1-b58f816bf818",
"content": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://social.ewenbell.com/users/ewen\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ewen</span></a></span> This is why I never started with <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/youtube\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>youtube</span></a>: First you need to fight for visibility with an enormous amount of time and energy, then you have this problem (and now more and more AI slop as concurrence). </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Peertube\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Peertube</span></a> could be an algorithm free alternative but has the same problem as Mastodon: You don't reach the masses yet.</p><p>On the other hand: how many of these 40,000 were interested people watching all? How many bots, AI crawlers and false clicks? The 1,000 are perhaps better.</p>",
"contentMap": {
"en": "<p><span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://social.ewenbell.com/users/ewen\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>ewen</span></a></span> This is why I never started with <a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/youtube\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>youtube</span></a>: First you need to fight for visibility with an enormous amount of time and energy, then you have this problem (and now more and more AI slop as concurrence). </p><p><a href=\"https://mastodon.online/tags/Peertube\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Peertube</span></a> could be an algorithm free alternative but has the same problem as Mastodon: You don't reach the masses yet.</p><p>On the other hand: how many of these 40,000 were interested people watching all? How many bots, AI crawlers and false clicks? The 1,000 are perhaps better.</p>"
},
"attachment": [],
"tag": [
{
"type": "Mention",
"href": "https://social.ewenbell.com/users/ewen",
"name": "@ewen@social.ewenbell.com"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.online/tags/youtube",
"name": "#youtube"
},
{
"type": "Hashtag",
"href": "https://mastodon.online/tags/peertube",
"name": "#peertube"
}
],
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"next": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true",
"partOf": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969/replies",
"items": []
}
},
"likes": {
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969/likes",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 1
},
"shares": {
"id": "https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/114647457663209969/shares",
"type": "Collection",
"totalItems": 2
}
}