Instance actor

nicagram uses a special kind of account, the instance actor, to fetch content securely from other servers in the fediverse. It is not a person and it is not anybody's account.

For instance admins

If you found this URL in a request log or on a profile: this account signs requests this server makes to yours, using HTTP signatures. Signing them is what lets a server that requires authorised fetch decide whether to answer, and it is how domain blocks stay enforceable in both directions.

Things to know about it

• The instance actor does not appear in search results.
• You cannot follow it.
• It does not follow anybody.
• It does not post, and it never shares users' content.