Moderate Inbound Replies

Overview

Moderate inbound replies so remote responses appear on the site only after review. This gives editors control over what becomes visible and keeps the publishing workflow safer than an open social feed.

This matters because Joomla Fediverse is designed as a moderated publishing server, not an unfiltered social timeline. Incoming replies can be inspected and approved before they appear in frontend output or in the internal bridge used for comment-style rendering. After you complete this procedure, the selected replies should reflect the intended moderation state.

Before you begin

Inbox processing task (fediverse.inbox_worker) must be active.
You need permission to moderate inbox items.
There must already be inbound reply activities available in the inbox.

Steps

Open Components -> Fediverse -> Inbox.
Use the filters if you need to narrow the list before moderating.
- Activity type - Helps you isolate reply-like inbound items from other inbox activity.
- Moderation state - Helps you find items that still need a decision or review already processed items.
Select one or more reply rows. In practice these are inbound Create activities that map to replies.
Choose the moderation action that matches your decision.
- Approve Replies - Allows the selected replies to move into the visible moderated output path.
- Reject Replies - Keeps the selected replies blocked from frontend visibility.
Refresh the list.
Confirm the moderation badges or status indicators changed for the selected items.

Check your result

Approved replies become available to frontend reply rendering.
Rejected replies remain blocked from frontend output.
The inbox list now reflects the chosen moderation state for the selected activities.

Troubleshooting

No replies appear in the inbox

Likely cause: Inbound processing is not running, or no remote replies have been processed successfully.
Solution: Verify the inbox worker task, then inspect the broader discovery and signature health if inbound traffic is expected but absent.

The moderation action does not apply

Likely cause: The selected rows are not reply activities, or the page selection was not preserved correctly.
Solution: Refilter the inbox to reply-like Create activities, select the rows again, and retry the moderation action.

Approved replies still do not appear on the site

Likely cause: The replies were approved, but the frontend module or reply-rendering surface is not configured to show them.
Solution: Confirm the relevant frontend reactions or reply display is enabled and pointing at the correct content.