diff --git a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
index e36fbb58..d1878d28 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/fetcher/webfinger.rs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ use url::Url;
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct WebfingerLink {
   pub rel: Option<String>,
-  #[serde(rename(serialize = "type", deserialize = "type"))]
-  pub type_: Option<String>,
+  #[serde(rename = "type")]
+  pub kind: Option<String>,
   pub href: Option<Url>,
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ where
 
 /// Turns a person id like `@name@example.com` into an apub ID, like `https://example.com/user/name`,
 /// using webfinger.
-async fn webfinger_resolve_actor<Kind>(
+pub(crate) async fn webfinger_resolve_actor<Kind>(
   identifier: &str,
   context: &LemmyContext,
   request_counter: &mut i32,
@@ -91,7 +91,13 @@ where
   let links: Vec<Url> = res
     .links
     .iter()
-    .filter(|l| l.type_.eq(&Some("application/activity+json".to_string())))
+    .filter(|link| {
+      if let Some(type_) = &link.kind {
+        type_.starts_with("application/")
+      } else {
+        false
+      }
+    })
     .map(|l| l.href.clone())
     .flatten()
     .collect();
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/mentions.rs b/crates/apub/src/mentions.rs
index 268a1693..2cf0e757 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/mentions.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/mentions.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 use crate::{
-  fetcher::webfinger::WebfingerResponse,
+  fetcher::webfinger::webfinger_resolve_actor,
   objects::{comment::ApubComment, community::ApubCommunity, person::ApubPerson},
 };
 use activitystreams::{
   base::BaseExt,
   link::{LinkExt, Mention},
 };
-use anyhow::anyhow;
 use lemmy_api_common::blocking;
 use lemmy_apub_lib::{object_id::ObjectId, traits::ActorType};
 use lemmy_db_schema::{
@@ -15,12 +14,10 @@ use lemmy_db_schema::{
   DbPool,
 };
 use lemmy_utils::{
-  request::{retry, RecvError},
   utils::{scrape_text_for_mentions, MentionData},
   LemmyError,
 };
 use lemmy_websocket::LemmyContext;
-use log::debug;
 use url::Url;
 
 pub struct MentionsAndAddresses {
@@ -35,6 +32,7 @@ pub async fn collect_non_local_mentions(
   comment: &ApubComment,
   community_id: ObjectId<ApubCommunity>,
   context: &LemmyContext,
+  request_counter: &mut i32,
 ) -> Result<MentionsAndAddresses, LemmyError> {
   let parent_creator = get_comment_parent_creator(context.pool(), comment).await?;
   let mut addressed_ccs: Vec<Url> = vec![community_id.into(), parent_creator.actor_id()];
@@ -59,9 +57,11 @@ pub async fn collect_non_local_mentions(
 
   for mention in &mentions {
     // TODO should it be fetching it every time?
-    if let Ok(actor_id) = fetch_webfinger_url(mention, context).await {
+    let identifier = format!("{}@{}", mention.name, mention.domain);
+    let actor_id =
+      webfinger_resolve_actor::<ApubPerson>(&identifier, context, request_counter).await;
+    if let Ok(actor_id) = actor_id {
       let actor_id: ObjectId<ApubPerson> = ObjectId::new(actor_id);
-      debug!("mention actor_id: {}", actor_id);
       addressed_ccs.push(actor_id.to_string().parse()?);
 
       let mut mention_tag = Mention::new();
@@ -99,36 +99,3 @@ async fn get_comment_parent_creator(
       .into(),
   )
 }
-
-/// Turns a person id like `@name@example.com` into an apub ID, like `https://example.com/user/name`,
-/// using webfinger.
-async fn fetch_webfinger_url(
-  mention: &MentionData,
-  context: &LemmyContext,
-) -> Result<Url, LemmyError> {
-  let fetch_url = format!(
-    "{}://{}/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:{}@{}",
-    context.settings().get_protocol_string(),
-    mention.domain,
-    mention.name,
-    mention.domain
-  );
-  debug!("Fetching webfinger url: {}", &fetch_url);
-
-  let response = retry(|| context.client().get(&fetch_url).send()).await?;
-
-  let res: WebfingerResponse = response
-    .json()
-    .await
-    .map_err(|e| RecvError(e.to_string()))?;
-
-  let link = res
-    .links
-    .iter()
-    .find(|l| l.type_.eq(&Some("application/activity+json".to_string())))
-    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No application/activity+json link found."))?;
-  link
-    .href
-    .to_owned()
-    .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("No href found.").into())
-}
diff --git a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
index a3840e10..f15084cc 100644
--- a/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
+++ b/crates/apub/src/objects/comment.rs
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ impl ApubObject for ApubComment {
     } else {
       ObjectId::<PostOrComment>::new(post.ap_id)
     };
-    let maa = collect_non_local_mentions(&self, ObjectId::new(community.actor_id), context).await?;
+    let maa =
+      collect_non_local_mentions(&self, ObjectId::new(community.actor_id), context, &mut 0).await?;
 
     let note = Note {
       r#type: NoteType::Note,
diff --git a/crates/routes/src/webfinger.rs b/crates/routes/src/webfinger.rs
index 1cf54bac..db5e662c 100644
--- a/crates/routes/src/webfinger.rs
+++ b/crates/routes/src/webfinger.rs
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ fn webfinger_link_for_actor(url: Option<Url>) -> Vec<WebfingerLink> {
     vec![
       WebfingerLink {
         rel: Some("http://webfinger.net/rel/profile-page".to_string()),
-        type_: Some("text/html".to_string()),
+        kind: Some("text/html".to_string()),
         href: Some(url.to_owned()),
       },
       WebfingerLink {
         rel: Some("self".to_string()),
-        type_: Some("application/activity+json".to_string()),
+        kind: Some("application/activity+json".to_string()),
         href: Some(url),
       },
     ]