diff --git a/src/activity_pub/activity.rs b/src/activity_pub/activity.rs
index bbbdb971..9c41e54e 100644
--- a/src/activity_pub/activity.rs
+++ b/src/activity_pub/activity.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono;
 use diesel::PgConnection;
 use serde_json;
 
@@ -13,28 +14,31 @@ impl Activity {
         match self {
             Activity::Create(data) => json!({
                 "type": "Create",
-                "by": data.by,
-                "object": data.object
+                "actor": data.by,
+                "object": data.object,
+                "published": data.date.to_rfc3339()
             })
         }
     }
 
     pub fn create<T: Object, U: Actor>(by: &U, obj: T, conn: &PgConnection) -> Activity {
-        Activity::Create(CreatePayload::new(serde_json::Value::String(by.compute_id(conn)), obj.serialize()))
+        Activity::Create(CreatePayload::new(serde_json::Value::String(by.compute_id(conn)), obj.serialize(conn)))
     }
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct CreatePayload {
     by: serde_json::Value,
-    object: serde_json::Value
+    object: serde_json::Value,
+    date: chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>
 }
 
 impl CreatePayload {
     pub fn new(by: serde_json::Value, obj: serde_json::Value) -> CreatePayload {
         CreatePayload {
             by: by,
-            object: obj
+            object: obj,
+            date: chrono::Utc::now()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/activity_pub/mod.rs b/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
index a3a40c79..089bd7b4 100644
--- a/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
+++ b/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub mod webfinger;
 pub type ActivityPub = Content<Json>;
 
 pub const CONTEXT_URL: &'static str = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams";
+pub const PUBLIC_VISIBILTY: &'static str = "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public";
 
 pub fn context() -> serde_json::Value {
     json!([
diff --git a/src/activity_pub/object.rs b/src/activity_pub/object.rs
index 6cfac0d3..ff5338b8 100644
--- a/src/activity_pub/object.rs
+++ b/src/activity_pub/object.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+use diesel::PgConnection;
 use serde_json;
 
 use activity_pub::actor::Actor;
 
 pub trait Object {
-    fn serialize(&self) -> serde_json::Value;
+    fn serialize(&self, conn: &PgConnection) -> serde_json::Value;
 }
 
 pub trait Attribuable {
diff --git a/src/models/posts.rs b/src/models/posts.rs
index 96d325a6..d9f3711f 100644
--- a/src/models/posts.rs
+++ b/src/models/posts.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-use diesel::{self, PgConnection, RunQueryDsl, QueryDsl, ExpressionMethods};
+use diesel::{self, PgConnection, RunQueryDsl, QueryDsl, ExpressionMethods, BelongingToDsl};
+use diesel::dsl::any;
 use serde_json;
 
+use activity_pub::PUBLIC_VISIBILTY;
+use activity_pub::actor::Actor;
 use activity_pub::object::Object;
+use models::users::User;
+use models::post_authors::PostAuthor;
 use schema::posts;
 
 #[derive(Queryable, Identifiable)]
@@ -49,10 +54,30 @@ impl Post {
             .expect("Error loading post by slug")
             .into_iter().nth(0)
     }
+
+    pub fn get_authors(&self, conn: &PgConnection) -> Vec<User> {
+        use schema::users;
+        use schema::post_authors;
+        let author_list = PostAuthor::belonging_to(self).select(post_authors::author_id);
+        users::table.filter(users::id.eq(any(author_list))).load::<User>(conn).unwrap()
+    }
 }
 
 impl Object for Post {
-    fn serialize(&self) -> serde_json::Value {
-        json!({})
+    fn serialize(&self, conn: &PgConnection) -> serde_json::Value {
+        json!({
+            "type": "Article",
+            "attributedTo": self.get_authors(conn).into_iter().map(|a| a.compute_id(conn)).collect::<Vec<String>>(),
+            "content": self.content,
+            // TODO: "image": "image",
+            // TODO: "preview": "preview",
+            // TODO: "published": "published",
+            // TODO: "replies": "replies",
+            // TODO: "summary": "summary",
+            "tag": [],
+            // TODO: "updated": "updated",
+            // TODO: "url": "url",
+            "to": [ PUBLIC_VISIBILTY ]
+        })
     }
 }