1 files changed, 17 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
index ad0cc76ed..25e1486c1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/twitter_api/views/activity_view.ex
@@ -94,11 +94,27 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.TwitterAPI.ActivityView do
       ap_id == "https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public" ->
         nil
 
+      user = User.get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id) ->
+        user
+
+      user = User.get_by_guessed_nickname(ap_id) ->
+        user
+
       true ->
-        User.get_cached_by_ap_id(ap_id)
+        error_user(ap_id)
     end
   end
 
+  defp error_user(ap_id) do
+    %User{
+      name: ap_id,
+      ap_id: ap_id,
+      info: %User.Info{},
+      nickname: "erroruser@example.com",
+      inserted_at: NaiveDateTime.utc_now()
+    }
+  end
+
   def render("index.json", opts) do
     context_ids = collect_context_ids(opts.activities)
     users = collect_users(opts.activities)