I think it would be better if instead of Fediverse software outputting the following for ActivityPub/ActivityStreams Notes, Articles, etc:

[reiver@mastodon.social]

I think it would be better if instead of Fediverse software outputting the following for ActivityPub/ActivityStreams Notes, Articles, etc:

"attributedTo": "https://mastodon.social/users/reiver",

It would instead output something more like:

"attributedTo": {
"id":"https://mastodon.social/users/reiver",
"type":"Person",
"name":"Charles",
"preferredUsername": "reiver",
"icon": {...},
"image": {...},
}

This way the Activity* document contains everything needed to render it.

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@reiver you think as I do.

[rdp@hachyderm.io]

@evan @reiver It's such a sensible direction that I'm kind of annoyed it doesn't already work that way.

[evan@cosocial.ca]

@rdp @reiver we have a problem on the Fediverse; once one implementation decides on a shape it will accept for activities, everyone else has to limit what they send to that shape.