mfosterw · mfosterw · Mar 23, 2026 · Mar 23, 2026 · Mar 23, 2026 · Mar 23, 2026
diff --git a/.claude/skills/docs/SKILL.md b/.claude/skills/docs/SKILL.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: docs
 description: Update, review, or build the Sphinx documentation for Democrasite
 disable-model-invocation: true
-argument-hint: "[what to update or check, e.g. 'review for accuracy' or 'add activitypub section']"
+argument-hint: "[what to update or check, e.g. 'review for accuracy' or 'add social section']"
 ---
 
 ## Task
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ docs/
     ├── democrasite.webiscite.views.rst
     ├── democrasite.webiscite.api.rst
     ├── democrasite.users.rst
-    ├── democrasite.activitypub.rst
+    ├── democrasite.social.rst
     └── … (one file per module)
 ```
 

diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ just coverage                 # Run tests with coverage + open HTML report
 just shell                    # Bash shell in django container
 just pyshell                  # Django shell_plus (IPython)
 just run <cmd>                # Execute arbitrary command in django container
-just loaddata                 # Load fixtures (democrasite + activitypub)
+just loaddata                 # Load fixtures (democrasite + social)
 ```
 
 To run a single test file or test:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ Pytest is configured with `--ds=config.settings.test --reuse-db` in `pyproject.t
 
 - **`democrasite/webiscite/`** — Core app. Models: `PullRequest`, `Bill`, `Vote`. Handles GitHub webhooks, voting logic, constitution enforcement, and Celery tasks for auto-merging.
 - **`democrasite/users/`** — Custom `User` model (extends `AbstractUser` with single `name` field instead of first/last). OAuth integration.
-- **`democrasite/activitypub/`** — ActivityPub federation. Models: `Person` (linked to User with keypair), `Follow`.
+- **`democrasite/social/`** — Social network for short notes. Models: `Person` (linked to User with keypair), `Follow`.
 
 ### Configuration
 

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Loading initial data
 
 To load some initial sample data into the database, run::
 
-    $ python manage.py loaddata democrasite activitypub
+    $ python manage.py loaddata democrasite social
 
 Setting up your users
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     # Custom apps
     "democrasite.users",
     "democrasite.webiscite",
-    "democrasite.activitypub",
+    "democrasite.social",
 ]
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#installed-apps
 INSTALLED_APPS = DJANGO_APPS + THIRD_PARTY_APPS + LOCAL_APPS

diff --git a/config/urls.py b/config/urls.py
@@ -23,10 +23,8 @@
     # User management
     path("users/", include("democrasite.users.urls", namespace="users")),
     path("accounts/", include("allauth.urls")),
-    # ActivityPub
-    path(
-        "activitypub/", include("democrasite.activitypub.urls", namespace="activitypub")
-    ),
+    # Social
+    path("social/", include("democrasite.social.urls", namespace="social")),
     # webiscite
     path("", include("democrasite.webiscite.urls", namespace="webiscite")),
     # Media files

diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/migrations/0001_initial.py b/democrasite/activitypub/migrations/0001_initial.py
diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/migrations/0003_alter_person_following.py b/democrasite/activitypub/migrations/0003_alter_person_following.py
diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/tests/test_urls.py b/democrasite/activitypub/tests/test_urls.py
diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/__init__.py → democrasite/social/__init__.py b/democrasite/activitypub/__init__.py → democrasite/social/__init__.py
diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/admin.py → democrasite/social/admin.py b/democrasite/activitypub/admin.py → democrasite/social/admin.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 from mptt.admin import MPTTModelAdmin
 from simple_history.admin import SimpleHistoryAdmin
 
-from democrasite.activitypub.models import Note
-from democrasite.activitypub.models import Person
+from democrasite.social.models import Note
+from democrasite.social.models import Person
 
 
 @admin.register(Note)

diff --git a/democrasite/activitypub/apps.py → democrasite/social/apps.py b/democrasite/activitypub/apps.py → democrasite/social/apps.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.apps import AppConfig
 
 
-class ActivitypubConfig(AppConfig):
+class SocialConfig(AppConfig):
     default_auto_field = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
-    name = "democrasite.activitypub"
+    name = "democrasite.social"
+    label = "social"