diff --git a/src/activitystream/node.rs b/src/activitystream/node.rs
index 243af8f5..1b11e121 100644
--- a/src/activitystream/node.rs
+++ b/src/activitystream/node.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
-#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
-pub enum NodeResolutionError {
-	#[error("error fetching object: {0}")]
-	FetchError(#[from] reqwest::Error),
-
-	#[error("empty array")]
-	EmptyArray,
-
-	#[error("field not present")]
-	Empty,
-}
+use super::Object;
 
 pub enum Node<T> {
 	Array(Vec<Node<T>>),
@@ -31,7 +21,13 @@ impl<T> Node<T> {
 		match self {
 			Node::Empty | Node::Link(_) => None,
 			Node::Object(x) => Some(x),
-			Node::Array(v) => v.first(),
+			Node::Array(v) => match v.iter().find_map(|x| match x {
+				Node::Object(x) => Some(x),
+				_ => None,
+			}) {
+				Some(x) => Some(x),
+				None => None,
+			},
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -40,7 +36,17 @@ impl<T> Node<T> {
 			Node::Empty | Node::Link(_) => None,
 			Node::Object(x) => Some(vec![x]),
 			Node::Array(v) =>
-				Some(v.iter().map(|x| &x).collect()),
+				Some(v.iter().filter_map(|x| match x {
+					Node::Object(x) => Some(x),
+					_ => None,
+				}).collect()),
+		}
+	}
+	
+	pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+		match self {
+			Node::Empty | Node::Link(_) => true,
+			Node::Object(_) | Node::Array(_) => false,
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -54,6 +60,35 @@ impl<T> Node<T> {
 	}
 }
 
+impl<T> Node<T>
+where
+	T : Object
+{
+	pub fn id(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+		match self {
+			Node::Empty => None,
+			Node::Link(uri) => Some(uri.href()),
+			Node::Object(obj) => obj.id(),
+			Node::Array(arr) => arr.first()?.id(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl From<Option<&str>> for Node<serde_json::Value> {
+	fn from(value: Option<&str>) -> Self {
+		match value {
+			Some(x) => Node::Link(Box::new(x.to_string())),
+			None => Node::Empty,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+impl From<&str> for Node<serde_json::Value> {
+	fn from(value: &str) -> Self {
+		Node::Link(Box::new(value.to_string()))
+	}
+}
+
 impl From<serde_json::Value> for Node<serde_json::Value> {
 	fn from(value: serde_json::Value) -> Self {
 		match value {
@@ -65,7 +100,7 @@ impl From<serde_json::Value> for Node<serde_json::Value> {
 			serde_json::Value::Array(arr) => Node::Array(
 				arr
 					.into_iter()
-					.filter_map(|x| Self::new(x).ok())
+					.map(Self::from)
 					.collect()
 			),
 			_ => Node::Empty,
@@ -86,7 +121,12 @@ impl Node<serde_json::Value>{
 	}
 }
 
-pub trait NodeExtractor {
+
+
+
+
+
+pub(crate) trait NodeExtractor {
 	fn node(&self, id: &str) -> Node<serde_json::Value>;
 	fn node_vec(&self, id: &str) -> Node<serde_json::Value>;
 }
@@ -95,26 +135,18 @@ impl NodeExtractor for serde_json::Value {
 	fn node(&self, id: &str) -> Node<serde_json::Value> {
 		match self.get(id) {
 			None => Node::Empty,
-			Some(x) => match Node::new(x.clone()) {
-				Err(e) => Node::Empty,
-				Ok(x) => x,
-			}
+			Some(x) => Node::from(x.clone()),
 		}
 	}
 
 	fn node_vec(&self, id: &str) -> Node<serde_json::Value> {
 		match self.get(id) {
 			None => Node::Empty,
-			Some(x) => match Node::many(x.clone()) {
-				Err(e) => Node::Empty,
-				Ok(x) => x,
-			}
+			Some(x) => Node::from(x.clone()),
 		}
 	}
 }
 
-
-
 pub(crate) trait InsertStr {
 	fn insert_str(&mut self, k: &str, v: Option<&str>);
 	fn insert_timestr(&mut self, k: &str, t: Option<chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>>);
@@ -133,7 +165,7 @@ impl InsertStr for serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> {
 	fn insert_timestr(&mut self, k: &str, t: Option<chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>>) {
 		if let Some(published) = t {
 			self.insert(
-				"published".to_string(),
+				k.to_string(),
 				serde_json::Value::String(published.to_rfc3339()),
 			);
 		}
diff --git a/src/activitystream/object/mod.rs b/src/activitystream/object/mod.rs
index 2b81f774..02965a7c 100644
--- a/src/activitystream/object/mod.rs
+++ b/src/activitystream/object/mod.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ pub trait Object : super::Base {
 
 impl Object for serde_json::Value {
 	fn object_type(&self) -> Option<ObjectType> {
+		use super::Base;
 		match self.base_type() {
 			Some(super::BaseType::Object(o)) => Some(o),
 			_ => None,