diff --git a/php/federator/api/fedusers/inbox.php b/php/federator/api/fedusers/inbox.php
index 9ca8ca4..fc88d16 100644
--- a/php/federator/api/fedusers/inbox.php
+++ b/php/federator/api/fedusers/inbox.php
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ class Inbox implements \Federator\Api\FedUsers\FedUsersInterface
             }
         }
 
+        $users = array_unique($users); // remove duplicates
+
         if (empty($users)) { // todo remove after proper implementation, debugging for now
             $rootDir = PROJECT_ROOT . '/';
             // Save the raw input and parsed JSON to a file for inspection
@@ -229,15 +231,7 @@ class Inbox implements \Federator\Api\FedUsers\FedUsersInterface
             }
         }
 
-        try {
-            $articleId = \Federator\DIO\Posts::getOriginalArticleId($dbh, $inboxActivity);
-            if ($articleId !== null) {
-                $connector->sendActivity($user, $inboxActivity);
-            }
-        } catch (\Throwable $e) {
-            error_log("Inbox::postForUser Error sending activity to connector. Exception: " . $e->getMessage());
-            return false;
-        }
+        $connector->sendActivity($user, $inboxActivity);
 
         return "success";
     }
@@ -334,7 +328,7 @@ class Inbox implements \Federator\Api\FedUsers\FedUsersInterface
             $cache
         );
         if ($recipient === null || $recipient->id === null) {
-            error_log("Inbox::postForUser couldn't find user: $_recipientId");
+            error_log("Inbox::postForUser couldn't find recipient: $_recipientId");
             return false;
         }
 
diff --git a/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php b/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
index 816afe0..e261d02 100644
--- a/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
+++ b/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
@@ -194,6 +194,9 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 $users[] = $user->id;
             }
         }
+
+        $users = array_unique($users); // remove duplicates
+
         if (empty($users)) { // todo remove after proper implementation, debugging for now
             $rootDir = PROJECT_ROOT . '/';
             // Save the raw input and parsed JSON to a file for inspection
diff --git a/plugins/federator/contentnation.php b/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
index d639a90..3a542eb 100644
--- a/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
+++ b/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
         }
         $user = new \Federator\Data\User();
         $user->externalid = $_name;
+        $user->id = $_name;
         $user->iconMediaType = $r['iconMediaType'];
         $user->iconURL = $r['iconURL'];
         $user->imageMediaType = $r['imageMediaType'];
@@ -675,8 +676,9 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
     public function sendActivity($sender, $activity)
     {
         $targetUrl = $this->service;
+        $targetRequestType = 'post'; // Default request type
         // Convert ActivityPub activity to ContentNation JSON format and retrieve target url
-        $jsonData = self::activityToJson($this->main->getDatabase(), $this->service, $activity, $targetUrl);
+        $jsonData = self::activityToJson($this->main->getDatabase(), $this->service, $activity, $targetUrl, $targetRequestType);
 
         if ($jsonData === false) {
             error_log("ContentNation::sendActivity failed to convert activity to JSON");
@@ -702,7 +704,7 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
         $path = $parsed['path'];
 
         // Build the signature string
-        $signatureString = "(request-target): post {$path}\n" .
+        $signatureString = "(request-target): $targetRequestType {$path}\n" .
             "host: {$extHost}\n" .
             "date: {$date}\n" .
             "digest: {$digest}";
@@ -740,7 +742,16 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
         ];
 
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+        switch ($targetRequestType) {
+            case 'post':
+                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+                break;
+            case 'delete':
+                curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
+                break;
+            default:
+                throw new \Exception("ContentNation::sendActivity Unsupported target request type: $targetRequestType");
+        }
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
         $response = curl_exec($ch);
@@ -765,11 +776,13 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
      * @param string $serviceUrl the service URL
      * @param \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity $activity the activity
      * @param string $targetUrl the target URL for the activity
+     * @param string $targetRequestType the target request type (e.g., 'post', 'delete', etc.)
      * @return array<string, mixed>|false the json data or false on failure
      */
-    private static function activityToJson($dbh, $serviceUrl, \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity $activity, string &$targetUrl)
+    private function activityToJson($dbh, $serviceUrl, \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity $activity, string &$targetUrl, string &$targetRequestType)
     {
         $type = strtolower($activity->getType());
+        $targetRequestType = 'post'; // Default request type
         switch ($type) {
             case 'create':
             case 'update':
@@ -820,6 +833,50 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                 }
                 break;
 
+            case 'follow':
+                $profileUrl = $activity->getObject();
+                if (!is_string($profileUrl)) {
+                    error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson Invalid profile URL: " . json_encode($profileUrl));
+                    return false;
+                }
+                $receiverName = basename((string) (parse_url($profileUrl, PHP_URL_PATH) ?? ''));
+                $ourDomain = parse_url($profileUrl, PHP_URL_HOST);
+                if ($receiverName === "" || $ourDomain === "") {
+                    error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson no profileName or domain found for object url: " . $profileUrl);
+                    return false;
+                }
+                $receiver = $receiverName;
+                try {
+                    $localUser = \Federator\DIO\User::getUserByName(
+                        $dbh,
+                        $receiver,
+                        $this,
+                        null
+                    );
+                } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                    error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson get user by name: " . $receiver . ". Exception: " . $e->getMessage());
+                    return false;
+                }
+                if ($localUser === null || $localUser->id === null) {
+                    error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson couldn't find user: $receiver");
+                    return false;
+                }
+                $targetUrl = $serviceUrl . '/api/profile/' . $localUser->id . '/fedfollow';
+                $type = 'follow';
+                $actor = $activity->getAActor();
+                $fedUser = \Federator\DIO\FedUser::getUserByName(
+                    $dbh,
+                    $actor,
+                    null
+                );
+                $from = $fedUser->id;
+                return [
+                    'type' => $type,
+                    'id' => $activity->getID(),
+                    'from' => $from,
+                    'to' => $localUser->id,
+                ];
+
             case 'like':
             case 'dislike':
                 $articleId = \Federator\DIO\Posts::getOriginalArticleId($dbh, $activity);
@@ -859,6 +916,56 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                 if (is_object($object)) {
                     $objType = strtolower($object->getType());
                     switch ($objType) {
+                        case 'follow':
+                            $profileUrl = $object->getObject();
+                            if (!is_string($profileUrl)) {
+                                error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson Invalid profile URL: " . json_encode($profileUrl));
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            $receiverName = basename((string) (parse_url($profileUrl, PHP_URL_PATH) ?? ''));
+                            $ourDomain = parse_url($profileUrl, PHP_URL_HOST);
+                            if ($receiverName === "" || $ourDomain === "") {
+                                error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson no profileName or domain found for object url: " . $profileUrl);
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            $receiver = $receiverName;
+                            try {
+                                $localUser = \Federator\DIO\User::getUserByName(
+                                    $dbh,
+                                    $receiver,
+                                    $this,
+                                    null
+                                );
+                            } catch (\Throwable $e) {
+                                error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson get user by name: " . $receiver . ". Exception: " . $e->getMessage());
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            if ($localUser === null || $localUser->id === null) {
+                                error_log("ContentNation::activityToJson couldn't find user: $receiver");
+                                return false;
+                            }
+                            $targetUrl = $serviceUrl . '/api/profile/' . $localUser->id . '/fedfollow';
+                            $type = 'follow';
+                            if ($object instanceof \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity) {
+                                $actor = $object->getAActor();
+                                if ($actor !== '') {
+                                    $fedUser = \Federator\DIO\FedUser::getUserByName(
+                                        $dbh,
+                                        $actor,
+                                        null
+                                    );
+                                    $from = $fedUser->id;
+                                    $targetRequestType = 'delete';
+                                    return [
+                                        'type' => $type,
+                                        'id' => $object->getID(),
+                                        'from' => $from,
+                                        'to' => $localUser->id,
+                                    ];
+                                }
+                            }
+                            return false;
+
                         case 'like':
                         case 'dislike':
                             $articleId = \Federator\DIO\Posts::getOriginalArticleId($dbh, $activity);