"reduce the number of receiving actors"

[evanp]

Section 7.1.3 says, in part:

When an object is being delivered to the originating actor's followers, a server MAY reduce the number of receiving actors delivered to by identifying all followers which share the same sharedInbox who would otherwise be individual recipients and instead deliver objects to said sharedInbox. Thus in this scenario, the remote/receiving server participates in determining targeting and performing delivery to specific inboxes.

This doesn't reduce the number of receiving actors -- it reduces the number of HTTP requests, while still delivering to all actors.

[evanp]

I think the resolution to this issue is adding an erratum to change from "reduce the number of receiving actors" to "reduce the number of delivery requests" or something similar. I'm going to mark this "needs errata".

[trwnh]

Error description

Section 7.1.3 "Shared Inbox Delivery" reads in part, "a server MAY reduce the number of receiving actors delivered to by identifying all followers which share the same sharedInbox". Using shared inboxes does not reduce the number of receiving actors; it instead reduces the number of receiving inboxes, or the number of HTTP requests.

Candidate correction

Replace "receiving actors" with "receiving inboxes", or replace "receiving actors delivered to" with "HTTP requests needed for delivery".