When someone replies from Mastodon (or any other fediverse app) to a post published from Discourse using the ActivityPub plugin, the reply does not show up in Discourse. You can see an example post here: https://forum.internet-czas-dzialac.pl/t/nowy-test-fedi/2718 And a reply to from Mastodon here…

The issue is that you’ve restricted who can post in the category. [Screenshot at Mar 31 21-26-36] ActivityPub users do not have more permissions than regular users.

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kuba-orlik (Kuba Orlik) April 1, 2025, 10:23am 4

Ah - a big facepalm on my side. Thanks!

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