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.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt ACTIVITYPUB 7
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm activitypub
.Nd notes about the honk implementation
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Xr honk 1
utility processes status updates and other microblog activities using the
.Nm ActivityPub
protocol to exchange messages with other servers.
The implementation is subject to interpretation, and not all implemntations
behave in the same way.
This document attempts to clarify honk's behavior.
It is not intended to be a complete description of
.Nm ActivityPub ,
but may be useful as a guide to other implementors looking to interoperate.
.Ss OBJECTS
The following object or document types are supported.
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It Vt Note
Fully supported.
The default object type for honk.
.It Vt Article
Fully supported.
.It Vt Page
Supported.
.It Vt Question
Read only support.
Appears similar to a Note.
.It Vt Event
Supported.
Appears similar to a Note.
Can be both created and received, but
.Vt Invite
ativities are ignored.
.It Vt Video
Limited support.
.It Vt Audio
Limited Support.
.El
.Pp
Honk primarily supports HTML content, not markdown or other formats,
with a wide range of permitted HTML tags in object
.Fa content
fields.
The following tags are supported.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
a, img, span,
div, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr,
table, thead, tbody, th, tr, td, colgroup, col,
p, br, pre, code, blockquote, q,
samp, mark, ins, dfn, cite, abbr, address,
strong, em, b, i, s, u, sub, sup, del, tt, small,
ol, ul, li, dl, dt, dd
.Ed
.Pp
The followin tag attributes are permitted.
.Bd -literal -offset indent
href, src, alt, colspan, rowspan
.Ed
.Ss ACTIVITIES
The following activities are supported.
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It Vt Create
Fully supported.
.It Vt Announce
Supported with share semantics.
.It Vt Read
Supported.
Primarily used to acknowledge replies and complete threads, without
additional semantics.
.It Vt Follow
Supported.
.Vt Accept
and
.Vt Undo
require that the original request be quoted, not referred to by URI.
.It Vt Update
Honk sends and receives
.Vt Update
activities.
.It Vt Delete
Does what it can.
.It Vt Like
Don't be ridiculous.
.El
.Ss METADATA
The following additional object types are supported as
.Fa tag
or
.Fa attachment .
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It Mention
.It Emoji
Inline text :emoji: with image replacement.
.It Place
Attached as a
.Fa tag
to
.Vt Note
and
.Fa location
to
.Vt Event .
Supports
.Fa name ,
.Fa url ,
.Fa latitude ,
and
.Fa longitude .
.It Document
Plain text and images in jpeg, gif, png, and webp formats are supported.
.El
.Ss SECURITY
Honk uses http signatures.
.Ss WEBFINGER
Honk implements the
.Vt webfinger
end point and will use it for @mention resolution.
It is not required for federation.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr honk 1
.Sh STANDARDS
.Pp
.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ "ActivityPub"
.Pp
.Lk https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/ "Activity Vocabulary"

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.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Ted Unangst
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt HFCS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm hfcs
.Nd honk filtering and censorship system
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The honk filtering and censorship system,
.Nm hfcs ,
controls what messages are seen and how they are presented to the user.
Filter rules are based on series of matches and actions.
.Pp
The following match types are possible.
All criteria must match.
.Bl -tag -width include-audience
.It Ar who
Match an actor or domain name.
Matches against
.Fa Ar actor
property.
.It include audience
Previous match is applied against
.Fa to
and
.Fa cc
fields as well.
.It Ar text
Regular expression match against the post
.Fa content .
.It Ar is announce
Is announced (shared).
.El
.Pp
The following actions may be applied.
Multiple actions may be applied, but some are subsumed by others.
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It Ar reject
Reject this message entirely.
.It Ar skip media
Don't include images or attachments.
.It Ar hide
Remove this message from most feeds.
.It Ar collapse
Show only a short summary with click to view content.
.It Ar rewrite
Rewrite message content, using
.Ar replace
replacement text.
.El
.Pp
The
.Ar text
and
.Ar rewrite
fields are case insensitive word anchored regular expressions.
Specifically, an argument
.Ql re
will be automatically rewritten as
.Ql \\\b(?i:re)\\\b .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr honk 1
.Sh CAVEATS
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.Sh NAME
.Nm honk
.Nd federated status conveyance
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm honk
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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For administration, see
.Xr honk 8 .
.Pp
This manual is very incomplete.
This manual is still incomplete.
It'll get there eventually.
.Ss Following
In order to receive regular updates from other users, one must first follow them.
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.Pp
Available actions are:
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It bonk
.It Ic bonk
Share with followers.
Not available for nonpublic honks.
.It honk back
.It Ic honk back
Reply.
.It mute
.It Ic mute
Mute this entire thread.
Existing posts are hidden, and future posts will not appear in any feed.
.It zonk
.It Ic zonk
Delete this post.
When deleting one's own post, other servers will be requested to remove it,
but this is unreliable.
.It ack
.It Ic ack
Acknowledge reading this post.
Typically if it's a reply to one's own post.
.It edit
.It Ic edit
Change it up.
Alas, Update activities do not federate reliably.
.El
.Ss Honking
Begin by pressing the button marked
.Dq it's honking time
to activate the honk form.
.Pp
One may attach a file to a post.
Images are automatically rescaled and reduced in size for federation.
A description, or caption, is encouraged.
Text files are also supported as attachments.
.Pp
One may also check in to a location.
The available fields, all optional, are
.Ar name ,
.Ar url ,
.Ar latitude ,
and
.Ar longitude .
By default, location data is rounded to approximately 1/500 decimal degree
accuracy.
Pressing the check in button a second time will refine this to more a
precise location.
.Pp
A limited subset of markdown is supported, including bold, italics, quotes,
and code blocks.
URLs beginning with
.Sq http
or
.Sq https
will be autolinked.
Mentioning a specfic user such as
.Pq @user@example.social
will send a copy of the message to them.
When honking back, the author of the parent post is automatically mentioned.
.Pp
Threads from the tiny bird site may be included as quotes in a post via the
.Ar hoot
operator.
.Dl hoot: https://twitter.com/tedunangst/status/835172824734175234
.Pp
Custom emoji may included via colon wrapping
.Pq :hellsyeah: .
A meme (sticker, reaction gif) may be included with the
.Ar meme
operator.
.Dl meme: honk.mp4
A full list of emoji and memes may be found in the
.Pa funzone .
.Pp
There are no length restrictions, but remember, somebody is going to have
to read this noise.
When everything is at last ready to go, press the
.Dq it's gonna be honked
button.
.Ss zonkzone
Refer to the
.Xr honk 5
section of the manual.
.Ss HFCS
Sometimes other users of the federation can get unruly.
The zonkzone can be of great use to restore order to one's timeline.
The honk filtering and censorship system,
.Xr hfcs 1,
can be of great use to restore order to one's timeline.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr intro 1 ,
.Xr honk 8
.Sh STANDARDS
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.Sh NAME
.Nm honk
.Nd honk administration
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm honk
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm

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.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2019 Ted Unangst
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
.\"
.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
.\"
.Dd $Mdocdate$
.Dt INTRO 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm intro
.Nd introduction to honk documentation
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility processes status updates and other microblog activities.
This is the index.
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width activitypubxxr
.It Xr honk 1
User manual.
.It Xr hfcs 1
Honk Filtering and Censorship System.
.It Xr honk 5
Honk composition.
.It Xr activitypub 7
ActivityPub implementation notes.
.It Xr honk 8
Administration manual.
.El
.Sh HISTORY
Started March 2019.
.Sh AUTHORS
Ted Unangst.