diff --git a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/inbox.rs b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/inbox.rs
index 66855ff5..6ce93c10 100644
--- a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/inbox.rs
+++ b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/inbox.rs
@@ -38,4 +38,6 @@ pub trait WithInbox {
     fn get_inbox_url(&self) -> String;
 
     fn get_shared_inbox_url(&self) -> Option<String>;
+
+    fn is_local(&self) -> bool;
 }
diff --git a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
index bd23d3ac..841335f3 100644
--- a/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
+++ b/plume-common/src/activity_pub/mod.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ impl<'a, 'r> FromRequest<'a, 'r> for ApRequest {
 
 pub fn broadcast<A: Activity, S: sign::Signer, T: inbox::WithInbox + Actor>(sender: &S, act: A, to: Vec<T>) {
     let boxes = to.into_iter()
+        .filter(|u| !u.is_local())
         .map(|u| u.get_shared_inbox_url().unwrap_or(u.get_inbox_url()))
         .collect::<Vec<String>>()
         .unique();
diff --git a/plume-models/src/blogs.rs b/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
index 842eaff9..736a1fc0 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/blogs.rs
@@ -257,6 +257,10 @@ impl WithInbox for Blog {
     fn get_shared_inbox_url(&self) -> Option<String> {
         None
     }
+
+    fn is_local(&self) -> bool {
+        self.instance_id == 0
+    }
 }
 
 impl sign::Signer for Blog {
diff --git a/plume-models/src/users.rs b/plume-models/src/users.rs
index f3e41bde..333081e4 100644
--- a/plume-models/src/users.rs
+++ b/plume-models/src/users.rs
@@ -421,6 +421,10 @@ impl WithInbox for User {
     fn get_shared_inbox_url(&self) -> Option<String> {
        self.shared_inbox_url.clone()
     }
+
+    fn is_local(&self) -> bool {
+        self.instance_id == 0
+    }
 }
 
 impl Signer for User {