@Friendica Developers @Friendica Support @Friendica Admins @FollowBackBot #tagspub any idea how to use this?
I got my Friendica instance to follow _followback@tags.pub from @pasjrwoctx👽, but _followback@tags.pub has not followed me back, I am assuming my instance never was able to send an actual request, I am not sure if that is an issue on my side or yours, I do like the concept so I am interested in getting this working either with the relays or through the mutual follow, there are a lot of single and small instances outside of the mastadon ethos, that would really benefit from this service;
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga ~]$ cd ~/social.2ndshot.photos
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ curl -i "https://tags.pub/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:_followback@tags.pub"
HTTP/2 200
content-type: application/jrd+json; charset=utf-8
date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:31:29 GMT
etag: W/"12f-fFny35OE91aSeRkcy+L1d83UP+I"
ratelimit: "steady-get"; r=2396; t=56
ratelimit: "burst-get"; r=996; t=6
ratelimit-policy: "steady-get"; q=2400; w=60; pk=:NzYzNjExMGYwNTRl:
ratelimit-policy: "burst-get"; q=1000; w=10; pk=:NzYzNjExMGYwNTRl:
x-request-id: 9dc18f99-c661-4c2b-9124-e383cafb93ac
content-length: 303
{"subject":"acct:_followback@tags.pub","aliases":["https://tags.pub/user/_followback"],"links":[{"rel":"self","type":"application/activity+json","href":"https://tags.pub/user/_followback"},{"rel":"http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page","type":"text/html","href":"https://tags.pub/profile/_followback"}]}[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ curl -i -H "Accept: application/activity+json" tags.pub/user/_followback
HTTP/2 200
content-type: application/activity+json
date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 16:31:56 GMT
ratelimit: "steady-get"; r=2371; t=29
ratelimit: "burst-get"; r=986; t=5
ratelimit-policy: "steady-get"; q=2400; w=60; pk=:NzYzNjExMGYwNTRl:
ratelimit-policy: "burst-get"; q=1000; w=10; pk=:NzYzNjExMGYwNTRl:
x-request-id: 074f59bc-3359-474c-b89e-fa543483e4eb
content-length: 1728
{
"@context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
"https://w3id.org/security/v1",
"https://purl.archive.org/socialweb/webfinger",
"https://purl.archive.org/miscellany"
],
"id": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback",
"type": "Service",
"inbox": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/inbox",
"webfinger": "_followback@tags.pub",
"publicKey": {
"id": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/publickey",
"type": "CryptographicKey",
"owner": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback",
"publicKeyPem": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----\nMIIBIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAQ8AMIIBCgKCAQEA9dUt92enb1zUV2ekwZuD\niCcVh32bwJLsIaHZ6i7rpwmFgdTvSifRBLwRTyvt7TrW/NsEN+4Ww+fZ0qOOPmAk\nYSboAAn94b6LhM3eMT3bE89iGtQGByGg49RS6JLgizoDhxqoDA6969EHp/z3q0dz\nmKcZbVc3juFqek60R/bLP5OgePjqQ94VT5kjZ/yWaNubbOeeAxFflF0SCv+WyswJ\nFgq7t+PtFDn/5YHPfM1Tudg9D0LfSuA6z8wNIx9UpnocwVgGotoONN2SBAbiY+ci\np8Gqm0no4uL78WbnzhnklhO6KFnxjF1WFtA+MSck6Si3KEdrmQjmE0HJ9EgSOwtS\njwIDAQAB\n-----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
"to": "as:Public"
},
"endpoints": {
"sharedInbox": "https://tags.pub/shared/inbox"
},
"followers": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/followers",
"following": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/following",
"liked": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/liked",
"manuallyApprovesFollowers": false,
"name": "FollowBackBot",
"outbox": "https://tags.pub/user/_followback/outbox",
"preferredUsername": "_followback",
"summary": "\nFollow me and I will follow you back. Your public posts will\nthen be boosted through tags.pub. Unfollow me,\nand the boosts will stop.\n",
"to": "as:Public",
"url": {
"type": "Link",
"href": "https://tags.pub/profile/_followback",
"mediaType": "text/html"
}
}[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ curl -s tags.pub/profile/_followback | grep -i 'application/activity+json' -n || true
37: link.type = 'application/activity+json'
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ curl -s -H "Accept: application/activity+json" tags.pub/user/_followback/foll… | jq .
-bash: jq: command not found
(23) Failed writing body
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ bin/console relay add tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/…
tags.pub/user/_____relay_____/… wasn't found
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ bin/console relay add tags.pub/user/_____relay_____
tags.pub/user/_____relay_____ is no relay actor
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ bin/console contact add 3 tags.pub/user/_followback
[Error] User not found
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ bin/console contact add 3 _followback@tags.pub
[Error] User not found
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$ bin/console contact add 3 tags.pub/@_followback
[Error] User not found
[ndshotph@semidedi11-ga social.2ndshot.photos]$