diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b5c65413..a9e8dd0d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1762,8 +1762,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
@@ -1825,8 +1825,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
@@ -1872,8 +1872,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
@@ -1917,8 +1917,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.21.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.21.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
@@ -1941,8 +1941,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "serial_test",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2015,7 +2015,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rss",
  "serde",
  "sha2",
- "strum",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
  "url",
 ]
 
@@ -2053,7 +2053,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "strum",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -2085,8 +2085,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
  "url",
@@ -2112,8 +2112,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "strum",
- "strum_macros",
+ "strum 0.20.0",
+ "strum_macros 0.20.1",
  "tokio 0.3.7",
 ]
 
@@ -3373,6 +3373,15 @@ version = "0.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7318c509b5ba57f18533982607f24070a55d353e90d4cae30c467cdb2ad5ac5c"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.21.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "aaf86bbcfd1fa9670b7a129f64fc0c9fcbbfe4f1bc4210e9e98fe71ffc12cde2"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros 0.21.1",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "strum_macros"
 version = "0.20.1"
@@ -3385,6 +3394,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.60",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.21.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d06aaeeee809dbc59eb4556183dd927df67db1540de5be8d3ec0b6636358a5ec"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2 1.0.24",
+ "quote 1.0.8",
+ "syn 1.0.60",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "0.14.9"
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/lib.rs b/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
index fe63d4d5..e280f8aa 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/lib.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ pub type GroupExt =
 /// Activitystreams type for person
 type PersonExt =
   Ext2<actor::ApActor<ApObject<actor::Actor<UserTypes>>>, PersonExtension, PublicKeyExtension>;
+pub type SiteExt = actor::ApActor<ApObject<actor::Service>>;
 /// Activitystreams type for post
 pub type PageExt = Ext1<ApObject<Page>, PageExtension>;
 pub type NoteExt = ApObject<Note>;
diff --git a/crates/apub_receive/Cargo.toml b/crates/apub_receive/Cargo.toml
index 54e01f7d..3141d19d 100644
--- a/crates/apub_receive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/apub_receive/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ actix-rt = { version = "1.1.1", default-features = false }
 awc = { version = "2.0.3", default-features = false }
 log = "0.4.14"
 rand = "0.8.3"
-strum = "0.20.0"
-strum_macros = "0.20.1"
+strum = { version = "0.21", features = ["derive"] }
+strum_macros = "0.21"
 url = { version = "2.2.1", features = ["serde"] }
 percent-encoding = "2.1.0"
 openssl = "0.10.32"
diff --git a/crates/apub_receive/src/activities/receive/comment.rs b/crates/apub_receive/src/activities/receive/comment.rs
index 18508fa2..b285f595 100644
--- a/crates/apub_receive/src/activities/receive/comment.rs
+++ b/crates/apub_receive/src/activities/receive/comment.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ use lemmy_db_views::comment_view::CommentView;
 use lemmy_utils::{location_info, utils::scrape_text_for_mentions, LemmyError};
 use lemmy_websocket::{messages::SendComment, LemmyContext, UserOperation, UserOperationCrud};
 
+// TODO:
+// - define traits for all activity types
+// - implement inbox routing with these traits
+// - replace context with actix style Data struct (actix_web::web::Data)
+pub(crate) trait ReceiveCreate {
+  fn receive_create(self, create: Create, context: LemmyContext, request_counter: &mut i32);
+}
+
+impl ReceiveCreate for Comment {
+  fn receive_create(self, _create: Create, _context: LemmyContext, _request_counter: &mut i32) {
+    unimplemented!()
+  }
+}
+
 pub(crate) async fn receive_create_comment(
   create: Create,
   context: &LemmyContext,
diff --git a/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/community_inbox.rs b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/community_inbox.rs
index dfea8605..8ab65813 100644
--- a/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/community_inbox.rs
+++ b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/community_inbox.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use crate::{
     get_activity_id,
     inbox_verify_http_signature,
     is_activity_already_known,
+    new_inbox_routing::receive_activity,
     receive_for_community::{
       receive_add_for_community,
       receive_block_user_for_community,
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn community_receive_message(
   let any_base = activity.clone().into_any_base()?;
   let actor_url = actor.actor_id();
   let activity_kind = activity.kind().context(location_info!())?;
+  receive_activity(any_base.clone(), context)?;
   let do_announce = match activity_kind {
     CommunityValidTypes::Follow => {
       Box::pin(handle_follow(
diff --git a/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/mod.rs b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/mod.rs
index dce2c279..3a940bfe 100644
--- a/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/mod.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use std::fmt::Debug;
 use url::Url;
 
 pub mod community_inbox;
+pub mod new_inbox_routing;
 pub mod person_inbox;
 pub(crate) mod receive_for_community;
 pub mod shared_inbox;
diff --git a/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/new_inbox_routing.rs b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/new_inbox_routing.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99cf50fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/apub_receive/src/inbox/new_inbox_routing.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use activitystreams::base::AnyBase;
+use anyhow::Context;
+use lemmy_utils::{location_info, LemmyError};
+use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, str::FromStr};
+use strum_macros::EnumString;
+
+// for now, limit it to activity routing only, no http sigs, parsing or any of that
+// need to route in this order:
+// 1. recipient actor
+// 2. activity type
+// 3. inner object (recursively until object is empty or an url)
+
+// library part
+
+/// macro shorthand to create hashmap
+/// usage: `let counts = hashmap!['A' => 0, 'C' => 0, 'G' => 0, 'T' => 0];`
+/// from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28392008/more-concise-hashmap-initialization
+macro_rules! hashmap {
+    ($( $key: expr => $val: expr ),*) => {{
+         let mut map = ::std::collections::HashMap::new();
+         $( map.insert($key, $val); )*
+         map
+    }}
+}
+
+#[derive(Hash, Eq, PartialEq, EnumString)]
+enum ActivityTypes {
+  Follow,
+  Announce,
+  Create,
+}
+
+#[derive(Eq, PartialEq)]
+enum ObjectTypes {
+  Page,
+  Note,
+  Url,  // we dont dereference urls in object field, so we dont know what exactly it refers to
+  None, // object field doesnt exist
+}
+
+struct InboxConfig {
+  actors: Vec<ActorConfig>,
+}
+
+impl InboxConfig {
+  fn shared_inbox_handler() {
+    todo!()
+  }
+}
+
+type AcceptedTypes = HashMap<ActivityTypes, InnerType>;
+
+// TODO: need to provide a handler function for each value
+enum InnerType {
+  Simple(ObjectTypes),
+  Nested(AcceptedTypes),
+}
+
+struct ActorConfig {
+  accepted_types: AcceptedTypes,
+}
+
+impl ActorConfig {
+  pub(crate) fn actor_inbox_handler(
+    self,
+    activity: AnyBase,
+    _context: &LemmyContext,
+  ) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+    // TODO: probably better to define our own struct with the fields we need + unparsed, and later
+    //       convert to activity (needs id_unchecked(), kind, object)
+    let kind = ActivityTypes::from_str(activity.kind_str().context(location_info!())?)?;
+    use InnerType::*;
+    match self.accepted_types.get(&kind).context(location_info!())? {
+      Simple(o) => {}
+      Nested(a) => {}
+    }
+    // TODO: correctly route the activity to handle_follow, receive_create_comment or receive_create_post
+    todo!()
+  }
+}
+
+// application part
+
+pub(crate) fn receive_activity(
+  activity: AnyBase,
+  context: &LemmyContext,
+) -> Result<(), LemmyError> {
+  use ActivityTypes::*;
+  use InnerType::*;
+  use ObjectTypes::*;
+
+  let accepted_types = hashmap![Follow => Simple(Url),
+      Announce =>
+       Nested(hashmap![Create => Simple(Note), Create => Simple(Page)])];
+  let community_inbox_config = ActorConfig { accepted_types };
+  let inbox_config = InboxConfig { actors: vec![] };
+  community_inbox_config.actor_inbox_handler(activity, context)?;
+  Ok(())
+}