ActivityPub's Follow activity is intended to be used on actors: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#follow-activity-outbox.
This is one of the reasons I proposed that "observer" actor. Another option is to use a custom activity (e.g. Watch).
silverpill
npub19y…5wysk
2026-06-12 21:52:13 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…7r69
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