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| author |  tobi <31960611+tsmethurst@users.noreply.github.com> | 2025-01-23 17:18:23 +0000 |
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| committer |  GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2025-01-23 18:18:23 +0100 |
| commit | 9333bbc4d0d5ae46c72fca1f5b1aacb3c0a7653e (patch) | |
| tree | e7ccd1dc3abff5386e0b86e6baf659c9aa3b55a5 /docs | |
| parent | [feature] Add warning about `trusted-proxies` to make config easier (#3675) (diff) | |
| download | gotosocial-9333bbc4d0d5ae46c72fca1f5b1aacb3c0a7653e.tar.xz | |
[feature] Serve bot accounts over AP as Service instead of Person (#3672)
* pepis
* oopsie doopsie
* bollocks
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diff --git a/docs/federation/actors.md b/docs/federation/actors.md index d5dc61e19..ba2283ee9 100644 --- a/docs/federation/actors.md +++ b/docs/federation/actors.md @@ -1,5 +1,13 @@ # Actors and Actor Properties +## `Service` vs `Person` actors + +GoToSocial serves most accounts as the ActivityStreams `Person` type described [here](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-person). + +Accounts that users have selected to mark as bot accounts, however, will use the `Service` type described [here](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-service). + +This type distinction can be used by remote servers to distinguish between bot accounts and "regular" user accounts. + ## Inbox GoToSocial implements Inboxes for Actors following the ActivityPub specification [here](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#inbox). |