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", "Hashtag": "as:Hashtag" } ], "id": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027", "type": "Note", "summary": null, "inReplyTo": null, "published": "2024-11-26T21:28:24Z", "url": "https://oldfriends.live/@paul/113551376680312027", "attributedTo": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul", "to": [ "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ], "cc": [ "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/followers", "https://mastodon.social/users/Mastodon" ], "sensitive": false, "atomUri": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027", "inReplyToAtomUri": null, "conversation": "tag:oldfriends.live,2024-11-26:objectId=29312077:objectType=Conversation", "content": "<p>Seems like a Fediverse ad model is developing. I&#39;m ok with that but there needs to be a general purpose, filterable, marketing/advertising hashtag</p><p>I don&#39;t mind people posting affiliate and commission links, like to Amazon or wherever using their revenue generating link, with commentary on a product or sale item, but I wished they would use some kind of general-purpose marketing or advertising hashtag so those could be filtered to a list and stay out of my timeline. </p><p>Several popular accounts are doing it now, inserting these kinds of posts throughout a stream of posts. </p><p>I know ppl need to make money and some of the ad posts have sparked my interest but even <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> is hawking its novelty merchandise without one <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/IFTAS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>IFTAS</span></a> </p><p>This model has worked well with RSS feeds. I really don&#39;t mind it but they should be tagged. <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/MastoAdmin\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a></p><p>I think we are going to be tested over this holiday season with this practice and instance owners and moderators need to setup some boundaries other than NO ADS and enforcing a general purpose marketing tag would put the power back in users hands what they see. <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/Fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>", "contentMap": { "en": "<p>Seems like a Fediverse ad model is developing. I&#39;m ok with that but there needs to be a general purpose, filterable, marketing/advertising hashtag</p><p>I don&#39;t mind people posting affiliate and commission links, like to Amazon or wherever using their revenue generating link, with commentary on a product or sale item, but I wished they would use some kind of general-purpose marketing or advertising hashtag so those could be filtered to a list and stay out of my timeline. </p><p>Several popular accounts are doing it now, inserting these kinds of posts throughout a stream of posts. </p><p>I know ppl need to make money and some of the ad posts have sparked my interest but even <span class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>Mastodon</span></a></span> is hawking its novelty merchandise without one <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/IFTAS\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>IFTAS</span></a> </p><p>This model has worked well with RSS feeds. I really don&#39;t mind it but they should be tagged. <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/MastoAdmin\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a></p><p>I think we are going to be tested over this holiday season with this practice and instance owners and moderators need to setup some boundaries other than NO ADS and enforcing a general purpose marketing tag would put the power back in users hands what they see. <a href=\"https://oldfriends.live/tags/Fediverse\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#<span>Fediverse</span></a></p>" }, "updated": "2024-11-26T21:30:02Z", "attachment": [], "tag": [ { "type": "Mention", "href": "https://mastodon.social/users/Mastodon", "name": "@Mastodon@mastodon.social" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://oldfriends.live/tags/iftas", "name": "#iftas" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://oldfriends.live/tags/mastoadmin", "name": "#mastoadmin" }, { "type": "Hashtag", "href": "https://oldfriends.live/tags/fediverse", "name": "#fediverse" } ], "replies": { "id": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027/replies", "type": "Collection", "first": { "type": "CollectionPage", "next": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027/replies?only_other_accounts=true&page=true", "partOf": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027/replies", "items": [] } }, "likes": { "id": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027/likes", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 14 }, "shares": { "id": "https://oldfriends.live/users/paul/statuses/113551376680312027/shares", "type": "Collection", "totalItems": 8 } }