diff --git a/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php b/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
index 43edcf1..9efd176 100644
--- a/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
+++ b/php/federator/api/v1/newcontent.php
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 && (filter_var($receiver, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL) !== false);
         });
 
-        if (!in_array($posterName, $receivers, true)) {
-            $receivers[] = $posterName;
-        }
         foreach ($receivers as $receiver) {
             if ($receiver === '' || !is_string($receiver)) {
                 continue;
@@ -173,7 +170,6 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 $domain = parse_url($receiver, PHP_URL_HOST);
                 if ($receiverName === null || $domain === null) {
                     if ($receiver === $posterName) {
-                        $users[] = $receiver;
                         continue;
                     }
                     error_log("NewContent::post no receiverName or domain found for receiver: " . $receiver);
@@ -232,12 +228,13 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
      *          connector to fetch use with
      * @param \Federator\Cache\Cache|null $cache
      *          optional caching service
+     * @param string $host host url of our server (e.g. https://federator.com)
      * @param string $_user user that triggered the post
      * @param string $_recipientId recipient of the post
      * @param \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity $newActivity the activity that we received
      * @return boolean response
      */
-    public static function postForUser($dbh, $connector, $cache, $_user, $_recipientId, $newActivity)
+    public static function postForUser($dbh, $connector, $cache, $host, $_user, $_recipientId, $newActivity)
     {
         if (!isset($_user)) {
             error_log("NewContent::postForUser no user given");
@@ -284,13 +281,15 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 if ($actor !== '') {
                     $followerUsername = basename((string) (parse_url($actor, PHP_URL_PATH) ?? ''));
                     $followerDomain = parse_url($actor, PHP_URL_HOST);
+                    $newIdUrl = \Federator\DIO\Followers::generateNewFollowId($dbh, $host);
+                    $newActivity->setID($newIdUrl);
                     if (is_string($followerDomain)) {
                         $followerId = "{$followerUsername}@{$followerDomain}";
-                        $success = \Federator\DIO\Followers::addFollow($dbh, $followerId, $user->id, $followerDomain);
+                        // $success = \Federator\DIO\Followers::sendFollowRequest($dbh, $connector, $cache, $user->id, $followerId, $followerDomain);
                     }
                 }
                 if ($success === false) {
-                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Failed to add follower for user $user->id");
+                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser Failed to add follower for user $user->id");
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -318,12 +317,19 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                                     $followerDomain = parse_url($actor, PHP_URL_HOST);
                                     if (is_string($followerDomain)) {
                                         $followerId = "{$followerUsername}@{$followerDomain}";
-                                        $success = \Federator\DIO\Followers::removeFollow($dbh, $followerId, $user->id);
+                                        $removedId = \Federator\DIO\Followers::removeFollow($dbh, $followerId, $user->id);
+                                        if ($removedId !== false) {
+                                            $object->setID($removedId);
+                                            $newActivity->setObject($object);
+                                            $success = true;
+                                        } else {
+                                            error_log("NewContent::postForUser Failed to remove follow for user $user->id");
+                                        }
                                     }
                                 }
                             }
                             if ($success === false) {
-                                error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Failed to remove follower for user $user->id");
+                                error_log("NewContent::postForUser Failed to remove follower for user $user->id");
                             }
                             break;
                         case 'Like':
@@ -334,7 +340,7 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                                     // \Federator\DIO\Votes::removeVote($dbh, $user->id, $targetId);
                                     \Federator\DIO\Posts::deletePost($dbh, $targetId);
                                 } else {
-                                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Error in Undo Like/Dislike for user $user->id, targetId is not a string");
+                                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser Error in Undo Like/Dislike for user $user->id, targetId is not a string");
                                 }
                             }
                             break;
@@ -358,7 +364,7 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 } else if (is_string($object)) {
                     \Federator\DIO\Posts::deletePost($dbh, $object);
                 } else {
-                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Error in Undo for user $user->id, object is not a string or object");
+                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser Error in Undo for user $user->id, object is not a string or object");
                 }
                 break;
 
@@ -370,7 +376,7 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                     // \Federator\DIO\Votes::addVote($dbh, $user->id, $targetId, 'like');
                     \Federator\DIO\Posts::savePost($dbh, $user->id, $newActivity);
                 } else {
-                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Error in Add Like/Dislike for user $user->id, targetId is not a string");
+                    error_log("NewContent::postForUser Error in Add Like/Dislike for user $user->id, targetId is not a string");
                     return false;
                 }
                 break;
@@ -391,13 +397,118 @@ class NewContent implements \Federator\Api\APIInterface
                 break;
 
             default:
-                error_log("NewContent::postForUser: Unhandled activity type $type for user $user->id");
+                error_log("NewContent::postForUser Unhandled activity type $type for user $user->id");
                 break;
         }
 
+        try {
+            $response = self::sendActivity($dbh, $host, $user, $recipient, $newActivity);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            error_log("NewContent::postForUser Failed to send activity: " . $e->getMessage());
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (empty($response)) {
+            error_log("NewContent::postForUser Sent activity to $recipient->id");
+        } else {
+            error_log("NewContent::postForUser Sent activity to $recipient->id with response: " . json_encode($response, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT));
+        }
+
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * send activity to federated server
+     *
+     * @param \mysqli $dbh database handle
+     * @param string $host host url of our server (e.g. federator)
+     * @param \Federator\Data\User $sender source user
+     * @param \Federator\Data\FedUser $target federated target user
+     * @param \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity $activity activity to send
+     * @return string|true the generated follow ID on success, false on failure
+     */
+    public static function sendActivity($dbh, $host, $sender, $target, $activity)
+    {
+        if ($dbh === false) {
+            throw new \Federator\Exceptions\ServerError("NewContent::sendActivity Failed to get database handle");
+        }
+
+        $inboxUrl = $target->inboxURL;
+
+        $json = json_encode($activity, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
+
+        if ($json === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Failed to encode JSON: ' . json_last_error_msg());
+        }
+        $digest = 'SHA-256=' . base64_encode(hash('sha256', $json, true));
+        $date = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s') . ' GMT';
+        $parsed = parse_url($inboxUrl);
+        if ($parsed === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Failed to parse URL: ' . $inboxUrl);
+        }
+
+        if (!isset($parsed['host']) || !isset($parsed['path'])) {
+            throw new \Exception('Invalid inbox URL: missing host or path');
+        }
+        $extHost = $parsed['host'];
+        $path = $parsed['path'];
+
+        // Build the signature string
+        $signatureString = "(request-target): post {$path}\n" .
+            "host: {$extHost}\n" .
+            "date: {$date}\n" .
+            "digest: {$digest}";
+
+        // Get rsa private key
+        $privateKey = \Federator\DIO\User::getrsaprivate($dbh, $sender->id); // OR from DB
+        if ($privateKey === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Failed to get private key');
+        }
+        $pkeyId = openssl_pkey_get_private($privateKey);
+
+        if ($pkeyId === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Invalid private key');
+        }
+
+        openssl_sign($signatureString, $signature, $pkeyId, OPENSSL_ALGO_SHA256);
+        $signature_b64 = base64_encode($signature);
+
+        // Build keyId (public key ID from your actor object)
+        $keyId = $host . '/' . $sender->id . '#main-key';
+
+        $signatureHeader = 'keyId="' . $keyId . '",algorithm="rsa-sha256",headers="(request-target) host date digest",signature="' . $signature_b64 . '"';
+
+        $ch = curl_init($inboxUrl);
+        if ($ch === false) {
+            throw new \Exception('Failed to initialize cURL');
+        }
+        $headers = [
+            'Host: ' . $extHost,
+            'Date: ' . $date,
+            'Digest: ' . $digest,
+            'Content-Type: application/activity+json',
+            'Signature: ' . $signatureHeader,
+            'Accept: application/activity+json',
+        ];
+
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $json);
+        curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
+        $response = curl_exec($ch);
+        curl_close($ch);
+
+        // Log the response for debugging if needed
+        if ($response === false) {
+            throw new \Exception("Failed to send activity: " . curl_error($ch));
+        } else {
+            $httpcode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
+            if ($httpcode != 200 && $httpcode != 202) {
+                throw new \Exception("Unexpected HTTP code $httpcode: $response");
+            }
+        }
+        return $response;
+    }
+
     /**
      * get internal represenation as json string
      * @return string json string or html
diff --git a/php/federator/dio/followers.php b/php/federator/dio/followers.php
index 0379e24..f7358d5 100644
--- a/php/federator/dio/followers.php
+++ b/php/federator/dio/followers.php
@@ -388,25 +388,97 @@ class Followers
         return $idurl; // Return the generated follow ID
     }
 
+    /**
+     * generate new follow id
+     *
+     * @param \mysqli $dbh database handle
+     * @param string $hostUrl the host URL (e.g. federator URL)
+     * @return string the new follow id
+     */
+    public static function generateNewFollowId($dbh, $hostUrl)
+    {
+        // Generate a new unique follow ID
+        do {
+            $newId = bin2hex(openssl_random_pseudo_bytes(16));
+            $newIdUrl = $hostUrl . '/' . $newId;
+
+            // Check if the generated ID is unique
+            $sql = 'select id from follows where id = ?';
+            $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
+            if ($stmt === false) {
+                throw new \Federator\Exceptions\ServerError("Followers::generateNewFollowId Failed to prepare id-check statement");
+            }
+            $stmt->bind_param("s", $newIdUrl);
+            $foundId = 0;
+            $ret = $stmt->bind_result($foundId);
+            $stmt->execute();
+            if ($ret) {
+                $stmt->fetch();
+            }
+            $stmt->close();
+        } while ($foundId > 0);
+
+        return $newIdUrl;
+    }
+
     /**
      * remove follow
      *
      * @param \mysqli $dbh database handle
      * @param string $sourceUser source user id
      * @param string $targetUserId target user id
-     * @return bool true on success
+     * @return string|false removed followId on success, false on failure
      */
     public static function removeFollow($dbh, $sourceUser, $targetUserId)
     {
-        $sql = 'delete from follows where source_user = ? and target_user = ?';
+        // Combine retrieval and removal in one query using MySQL's RETURNING (if supported)
+        $sql = 'delete from follows where source_user = ? and target_user = ? RETURNING id';
         $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
-        if ($stmt === false) {
-            throw new \Federator\Exceptions\ServerError("Followers::removeFollow Failed to prepare statement");
+        if ($stmt !== false) {
+            $stmt->bind_param("ss", $sourceUser, $targetUserId);
+            if ($stmt->execute()) {
+                $stmt->bind_result($followId);
+                if ($stmt->fetch() === true) {
+                    $stmt->close();
+                    if (!empty($followId)) {
+                        return $followId;
+                    } else {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            $stmt->close();
+        } else {
+            // Fallback for MySQL versions that do not support RETURNING
+            // First, fetch the id of the follow to be removed
+            $sql = 'select id from follows where source_user = ? and target_user = ?';
+            $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
+            if ($stmt === false) {
+                throw new \Federator\Exceptions\ServerError("Followers::removeFollow Failed to prepare select statement");
+            }
+            $stmt->bind_param("ss", $sourceUser, $targetUserId);
+            $stmt->execute();
+            $stmt->bind_result($followId);
+            $found = $stmt->fetch();
+            $stmt->close();
+
+            if ($found === false || empty($followId)) {
+                return false; // No such follow found
+            }
+
+            // Now, delete the row
+            $sql = 'delete from follows where source_user = ? and target_user = ?';
+            $stmt = $dbh->prepare($sql);
+            if ($stmt === false) {
+                throw new \Federator\Exceptions\ServerError("Followers::removeFollow Failed to prepare delete statement");
+            }
+            $stmt->bind_param("ss", $sourceUser, $targetUserId);
+            $stmt->execute();
+            $affectedRows = $stmt->affected_rows;
+            $stmt->close();
+
+            return $affectedRows > 0 ? $followId : false;
         }
-        $stmt->bind_param("ss", $sourceUser, $targetUserId);
-        $stmt->execute();
-        $affectedRows = $stmt->affected_rows;
-        $stmt->close();
-        return $affectedRows > 0;
+        return false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/php/federator/jobs/inboxJob.php b/php/federator/jobs/inboxJob.php
index 134a820..fea27bd 100644
--- a/php/federator/jobs/inboxJob.php
+++ b/php/federator/jobs/inboxJob.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class InboxJob extends \Federator\Api
      */
     public function perform(): bool
     {
-        error_log("InboxJob: Starting inbox job");
+        error_log("InboxJob: Starting job");
         $user = $this->args['user'];
         $recipientId = $this->args['recipientId'];
         $activity = $this->args['activity'];
diff --git a/php/federator/jobs/newContentJob.php b/php/federator/jobs/newContentJob.php
index 3c26a35..480fe32 100644
--- a/php/federator/jobs/newContentJob.php
+++ b/php/federator/jobs/newContentJob.php
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class NewContentJob extends \Federator\Api
      */
     public function perform(): bool
     {
-        error_log("NewContentJob: Starting inbox job");
+        error_log("NewContentJob: Starting job");
         $user = $this->args['user'];
         $recipientId = $this->args['recipientId'];
         $activity = $this->args['activity'];
@@ -63,8 +63,11 @@ class NewContentJob extends \Federator\Api
             error_log("NewContentJob: Failed to create activity from JSON");
             return false;
         }
+        $domain = $this->config['generic']['externaldomain'];
 
-        \Federator\Api\V1\NewContent::postForUser($this->dbh, $this->connector, $this->cache, $user, $recipientId, $activity);
+        $ourUrl = 'https://' . $domain;
+
+        \Federator\Api\V1\NewContent::postForUser($this->dbh, $this->connector, $this->cache, $ourUrl, $user, $recipientId, $activity);
         return true;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/federator/contentnation.php b/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
index 9886b33..199b834 100644
--- a/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
+++ b/plugins/federator/contentnation.php
@@ -139,23 +139,25 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
             $activities = $r['activities'];
             $config = $this->main->getConfig();
             $domain = $config['generic']['externaldomain'];
+            $ourUrl = 'https://' . $domain;
+
             $imgpath = $this->config['userdata']['path'];
             $userdata = $this->config['userdata']['url'];
             foreach ($activities as $activity) {
                 switch ($activity['type']) {
                     case 'Article':
                         $create = new \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Create();
-                        $create->setAActor('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId);
+                        $create->setAActor($ourUrl . '/' . $userId);
                         $create->setID($activity['id'])
                             ->setPublished($activity['published'] ?? $activity['timestamp'])
-                            ->addTo('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId . '/followers')
+                            ->addTo($ourUrl . '/' . $userId . '/followers')
                             ->addCC("https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public");
-                        $create->setURL('https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['profilename'] . '/' . $activity['name']);
-                        $create->setID('https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['profilename'] . '/' . $activity['id']);
+                        $create->setURL($ourUrl . '/' . $activity['profilename'] . '/' . $activity['name']);
+                        $create->setID($ourUrl . '/' . $activity['profilename'] . '/' . $activity['id']);
                         $apArticle = new \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Article();
                         if (array_key_exists('tags', $activity)) {
                             foreach ($activity['tags'] as $tag) {
-                                $href = 'https://' . $domain . '/search.htm?tagsearch=' . urlencode($tag);
+                                $href = $ourUrl . '/search.htm?tagsearch=' . urlencode($tag);
                                 $tagObj = new \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Tag();
                                 $tagObj->setHref($href)
                                     ->setName('#' . urlencode(str_replace(' ', '', $tag)))
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                         }
                         $apArticle->setPublished($activity['published'])
                             ->setName($activity['title'])
-                            ->setAttributedTo('https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['profilename'])
+                            ->setAttributedTo($ourUrl . '/' . $activity['profilename'])
                             ->setContent(
                                 $activity['teaser'] ??
                                 $this->main->translate(
@@ -175,10 +177,10 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                                 )
                             )
                             ->addTo("https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public")
-                            ->addCC('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId . '/followers.json');
+                            ->addCC($ourUrl . '/' . $userId . '/followers.json');
                         $articleimage = $activity['imagealt'] ??
                             $this->main->translate($activity['language'], 'article', 'image');
-                        $idurl = 'https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId . '/' . $activity['name'];
+                        $idurl = $ourUrl . '/' . $userId . '/' . $activity['name'];
                         $apArticle->setID($idurl)
                             ->setURL($idurl);
                         $image = $activity['image'] ?? $activity['profileimg'];
@@ -200,15 +202,15 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
 
                     case 'Comment':
                         $create = new \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Create();
-                        $create->setAActor('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId);
+                        $create->setAActor($ourUrl . '/' . $userId);
                         $create->setID($activity['id'])
                             ->setPublished($activity['published'] ?? $activity['timestamp'])
-                            ->addTo('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId . '/followers')
+                            ->addTo($ourUrl . '/' . $userId . '/followers')
                             ->addCC("https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public");
                         $commentJson = $activity;
                         $commentJson['type'] = 'Note';
                         $commentJson['summary'] = $activity['subject'];
-                        $commentJson['id'] = 'https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . '#' . $activity['id'];
+                        $commentJson['id'] = $ourUrl . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . '#' . $activity['id'];
                         $note = \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Factory::newFromJson($commentJson, "");
                         if ($note === null) {
                             error_log("ContentNation::getRemotePostsByUser couldn't create comment");
@@ -218,11 +220,11 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                         }
                         $note->setID($commentJson['id']);
                         if (!isset($commentJson['parent']) || $commentJson['parent'] === null) {
-                            $note->setInReplyTo('https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName']);
+                            $note->setInReplyTo($ourUrl . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName']);
                         } else {
-                            $note->setInReplyTo('https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . "#" . $commentJson['parent']);
+                            $note->setInReplyTo($ourUrl . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . "#" . $commentJson['parent']);
                         }
-                        $url = 'https://' . $domain . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . '#' . $activity['id'];
+                        $url = $ourUrl . '/' . $activity['articleOwnerName'] . '/' . $activity['articleName'] . '#' . $activity['id'];
                         $create->setURL($url);
                         $create->setID($url);
                         $create->setObject($note);
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                         // Build Like/Dislike as top-level activity
                         $likeType = $activity['upvote'] === true ? 'Like' : 'Dislike';
                         $like = new \Federator\Data\ActivityPub\Common\Activity($likeType);
-                        $like->setAActor('https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId);
+                        $like->setAActor($ourUrl . '/' . $userId);
                         $like->setID($activity['id'])
                             ->setPublished($activity['published'] ?? $activity['timestamp']);
                         // $like->addTo("https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public")
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ class ContentNation implements Connector
                                 [$activity['username']]
                             )
                         );
-                        $objectUrl = 'https://' . $domain . '/' . $userId . '/' . $activity['articlename'];
+                        $objectUrl = $ourUrl . '/' . $userId . '/' . $activity['articlename'];
                         $like->setURL($objectUrl . '#' . $activity['id']);
                         $like->setID($objectUrl . '#' . $activity['id']);
                         $like->setObject($objectUrl);