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" } ], "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": null, "published": "2024-11-16T17:22:31Z", "url": "https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith/113493786736237210", "attributedTo": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/followers" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210", "inReplyToAtomUri": null, "conversation": "tag:mastodon.social,2024-11-16:objectId=849769035:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>The fact that defederation is so easy and can be turned into a sport puts the whole nature of the fediverse at risk. If you&#39;re on a custom server, another server can take all their users hostage on a whim if they don&#39;t like something you&#39;ve done, severing all those social relationships, and the only way to counteract is to put everyone on one monolithic instance — what we&#39;re trying to avoid in the first place. Gotta be real sure you&#39;re signed up to an instance with an admin that aligns with you</p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>The fact that defederation is so easy and can be turned into a sport puts the whole nature of the fediverse at risk. If you&#39;re on a custom server, another server can take all their users hostage on a whim if they don&#39;t like something you&#39;ve done, severing all those social relationships, and the only way to counteract is to put everyone on one monolithic instance — what we&#39;re trying to avoid in the first place. Gotta be real sure you&#39;re signed up to an instance with an admin that aligns with you</p>" }, "updated": "2024-11-16T19:54:43Z", "attachment": [], "tag": [], "replies": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 33 }, "shares": { "id": "https://mastodon.social/users/stroughtonsmith/statuses/113493786736237210/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 7 } }