Re: CFC: Erratum for Section 5.3 "Followers Collection"

LGTM!

On Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 9:52 AM Evan Prodromou <evan@prodromou.name> wrote:

> This is a call for consensus to add an erratum for ActivityPub, to
> correct one of the problems reported in issue #320.
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> https://github.com/w3c/activitypub/issues/320
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> The text of the erratum is as follows:
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>     Section 5.3 "Followers Collection" erroneously says that the
>     "followers" collection is ''a list of '''everyone''' who has sent a
>     Follow activity for the actor'' (emphasis added). Because the
>     receiving actor can optionally Reject a Follow activity, the sending
>     actor can later Undo a Follow activity, and one or both could Block
>     the other, not everyone who sends a Follow activity will be in the
>     list of followers. A possible correction is to replace the text with
>     ''Every actor SHOULD have a followers collection. This is where one
>     would find a list of all the actors that are following the actor.''
>
> If there are no objections to this addition within 14 calendar days, I
> will add this erratum to the ActivityPub errata list and apply the
> correction to the editor's draft.
>
> Another error is reported in the same issue, for section 7.5; this has
> already been through the CFC process and applied to the editor's draft.
>
> Thanks for your attention!
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> Evan
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