diff --git a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
index 4be3bc361f..6c9a3d1193 100644
--- a/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activitypub/activity/create.rb
@@ -461,12 +461,13 @@ class ActivityPub::Activity::Create < ActivityPub::Activity
       searchability_bio = note.scan(SCAN_SEARCHABILITY_RE).first
       return nil unless searchability_bio
 
-      searchability = searchability_bio[2]&.to_sym
+      searchability = searchability_bio[1]
       return nil if searchability.nil?
 
-      searchability = :unlisted if searchability == :followers
-      searchability = :direct   if searchability == :private
-      searchability = :private  if searchability == :reactors
+      searchability = :public   if searchability == 'public'
+      searchability = :unlisted if searchability == 'followers'
+      searchability = :direct   if searchability == 'private'
+      searchability = :private  if searchability == 'reactors'
     end
 
     visibility    = visibility_from_audience_with_silence