Re: "ActivityPub at one glance" diagram

On Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM a <a@trwnh.com> wrote:
>
> to show what happens in the "rest of the world". The complete "AP at
> one glance" would therefore be:
>
> Actor --> POST --> outbox --> POST --> inbox --> GET --> actor
>
> A lazy rendition of this using the existing activitypub.rocks graphic
> as a base can be found indefinitely at
> https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/771/056/837/692/305/original/e5fb9d66d668fec0.png
> for visual aid.

I would like to amend this slightly. The fuller picture would actually
be 2 different flows:

actor --> POST --> outbox --> POST --> inbox <-- GET <-- actor
actor --> POST --> outbox <-- GET <-- actor

The first one is the push model, and the second one is the pull model.
Note that the push model revolves around the inbox, and the pull model
revolves around the outbox.

Another lazy rendition of a visual aid can be found indefinitely at
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/771/149/975/931/569/original/3eb69315559461b2.png
with the colors/directions fixed and demonstrating both flows.

Received on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 22:10:05 UTC