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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). |