mifi / mifi/SimpleInstaBot

Option to follow random followers of targeted accounts, rather than the last 5 followers

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Description

The reason I'd like this option is that I have like 10 accounts I am targetting, each with many followers.
I only followed 60 users total and am already getting a lot of "skipping users, already following" which means a lot of wasted waiting time and wasted followers of the target accounts.
Couldn't the bot just pick random followers of each account I am targetting or at least the last 200 or something?

With the current approach, I guess the bot will do nothing very soon unless I add new people.
Even though there are thousands of accounts following my target accounts that the bot never followed.

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Research direction

No files or tests are named. Start by locating the follower-selection logic and tracing how it limits candidates to the last five for each targeted account; done means an explicit option can select random or a larger set of followers while continuing to skip users already followed.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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