diff --git a/src/activitypub/mod.rs b/src/activitypub/mod.rs
index 60b2a93f..b25930a5 100644
--- a/src/activitypub/mod.rs
+++ b/src/activitypub/mod.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,23 @@ pub mod user;
 pub mod object;
 pub mod activity;
 
-
 use axum::{extract::State, http::StatusCode, Json};
 use sea_orm::{EntityTrait, IntoActiveModel};
 
 use crate::{activitystream::{self, object::{activity::{Activity, ActivityType}, actor::{ActorMut, ActorType}, ObjectMut, ObjectType}, Base, BaseMut, BaseType, Node}, model, server::Context, url};
 
+pub const PUBLIC_TARGET : &str = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public";
+
+pub fn split_id(id: &str) -> (String, String) {
+	let clean = id
+		.replace("http://", "")
+		.replace("https://", "");
+	let mut splits = clean.split('/');
+	let first = splits.next().unwrap_or("");
+	let last = splits.last().unwrap_or(first);
+	(first.to_string(), last.to_string())
+}
+
 
 #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize)]
 // TODO i don't really like how pleroma/mastodon do it actually, maybe change this?
diff --git a/src/activitystream/node.rs b/src/activitystream/node.rs
index f3e933ef..880b8888 100644
--- a/src/activitystream/node.rs
+++ b/src/activitystream/node.rs
@@ -85,8 +85,28 @@ impl<T : super::Base> Node<T> {
 }
 
 impl Node<serde_json::Value>{
-	pub fn link(uri: &str) -> Self {
-		Node::Link(Box::new(uri.to_string()))
+	pub fn empty() -> Self {
+		Node::Empty
+	}
+
+	pub fn link(uri: String) -> Self {
+		Node::Link(Box::new(uri))
+	}
+
+	pub fn links(uris: Vec<String>) -> Self {
+		Node::Array(
+			uris
+				.into_iter()
+				.map(Node::link)
+				.collect()
+		)
+	}
+
+	pub fn maybe_link(uri: Option<String>) -> Self {
+		match uri {
+			Some(uri) => Node::Link(Box::new(uri)),
+			None => Node::Empty,
+		}
 	}
 
 	pub fn object(x: serde_json::Value) -> Self {
@@ -146,7 +166,3 @@ impl From<serde_json::Value> for Node<serde_json::Value> {
 	}
 }
 
-
-
-
-