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Alice automatically accepts followers and Bob follows Alice

given: A new user called "alice"

given: A new user called "bob"

given: "alice" automatically accepts followers

when: "bob" sends "alice" a Follow Activity

outgoing.Follow
{
  "actor": "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Follow",
    "actor": "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw",
    "to": [
      "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA"
    ],
    "id": "follow:da1f00a4-4c74-4661-9b35-dd8fd9ddf594",
    "published": "2024-11-08T18:34:55Z",
    "object": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA"
  },
  "activity_type": "Follow"
}
incoming.Follow
{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Follow",
    "actor": "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw",
    "to": [
      "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA"
    ],
    "id": "follow:da1f00a4-4c74-4661-9b35-dd8fd9ddf594",
    "published": "2024-11-08T18:34:55Z",
    "object": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA"
  },
  "activity_type": "Follow"
}
outgoing.Accept
{
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Accept",
    "actor": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA",
    "to": [
      "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw"
    ],
    "published": "2024-11-08T18:34:55Z",
    "object": "follow:da1f00a4-4c74-4661-9b35-dd8fd9ddf594"
  },
  "activity_type": "Accept"
}
incoming.Accept
{
  "actor": "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "type": "Accept",
    "actor": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA",
    "to": [
      "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw"
    ],
    "published": "2024-11-08T18:34:55Z",
    "object": "follow:da1f00a4-4c74-4661-9b35-dd8fd9ddf594"
  },
  "activity_type": "Accept"
}

then: The "followers" collection of "alice" contains "bob"

receive.alice
{
  "action": "fetch_result",
  "actor": "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "id": "http://abel/followers/aJe_-68AbUvmGRzYjPqxwQ",
    "type": "OrderedCollection",
    "totalItems": 1,
    "orderedItems": [
      "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw"
    ]
  }
}

then: The "following" collection of "bob" contains "alice"

receive.bob
{
  "action": "fetch_result",
  "actor": "http://banach/actor/DduovzzBe86MOZNClTGpaw",
  "data": {
    "@context": "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
    "id": "http://banach/following/NusUAbLetjUlAhh5ujuI-A",
    "type": "OrderedCollection",
    "totalItems": 1,
    "orderedItems": [
      "http://abel/actor/hnse-h0YaSokGtnvW35UMA"
    ]
  }
}