sketchy fix for boost broadcasting

bookwyrm/models/activitypub_mixin.py

@@ -183,7 +183,12 @@ class ObjectMixin(ActivitypubMixin):
             # broadcast Create activities for objects owned by a local user
             if not user or not user.local:
                 return
-            activity = self.to_create_activity(user)
+            try:
+                activity = self.to_create_activity(user)
+            except KeyError:
+                # janky as heck, this catches the mutliple inheritence chain
+                # for boosts and ignores this auxilliary broadcast
+                return
             self.broadcast(activity, user)
             return
 

bookwyrm/models/status.py

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .base_model import BookWyrmModel
 from .fields import image_serializer
 from . import fields
 
+
 class Status(OrderedCollectionPageMixin, BookWyrmModel):
     ''' any post, like a reply to a review, etc '''
     user = fields.ForeignKey(
@@ -127,14 +128,6 @@ class Status(OrderedCollectionPageMixin, BookWyrmModel):
         return activity
 
 
-    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        ''' update user active time '''
-        if self.user.local:
-            self.user.last_active_date = timezone.now()
-            self.user.save(broadcast=False)
-        return super().save(*args, **kwargs)
-
-
 class GeneratedNote(Status):
     ''' these are app-generated messages about user activity '''
     @property
@@ -232,6 +225,8 @@ class Boost(ActivityMixin, Status):
         related_name='boosters',
         activitypub_field='object',
     )
+    activity_serializer = activitypub.Boost
+
 
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         ''' the user field is "actor" here instead of "attributedTo" '''
@@ -245,8 +240,6 @@ class Boost(ActivityMixin, Status):
         self.image_fields = []
         self.deserialize_reverse_fields = []
 
-    activity_serializer = activitypub.Boost
-
     # This constraint can't work as it would cross tables.
     # class Meta:
     #     unique_together = ('user', 'boosted_status')