# ActivityPub Plugin **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794 **Category:** Plugin **Tags:** experimental, activitypub **Created:** [May 31, 2023, 5:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794 "2023-05-31T17:21:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 325
### Author: ![angus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/angus/32/341715_2.png) [@angus](https://meta.discourse.org/u/angus) #### Post date: [October 9, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794/325 "2024-10-09T16:21:11Z")
Yes, as @hellekin suggests, I think a more in-depth Lemmy / Discourse discussion would best be handled here > **[Lemmy-Discourse federation](https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/lemmy-discourse-federation/4177/7)** > > yes, i can repro, i have the same issue here As I’m resuming work on this plugin, please post your more detailed Lemmy questions there and I’ll follow up soon. > [@hellekin](#): > > @angus, in [a recent Mastodon blog article](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/07/highlighting-journalism-on-mastodon/) there’s something worth implementing, e.g., for the featured topic in a user’s profile, if that topic was started by this user Thanks, I’ll have a think about it. > [@hellekin](#): > > I know that there’s no user actor in Discourse There are User Actors in Discourse. You just can’t follow them (currently). As this misconception has come up three times today already, I’m thinking of surfacing this somewhere in the UI. In answer to the follow up question “Why can’t you follow user actors if they exist?”, the prior question of “Why would you want to follow user actors in Discourse?” needs to be answered first (i.e. what’s a real use case). (I am aware that [Discourse Follow](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-follow/110579) exists - I built it - however there’s a difference between following a user within an instance for notification/discovery purposes and following a User Actor in the fediverse) --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/activitypub-plugin/266794)._