Make the bot skip navigating to users already followed?
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Description
The bot starts by getting a list of users I am following to check who to unfollow. When it chooses accounts to follow from my provided list of users, could it use this list to avoid navigating to profiles already followed, including trying to follow my own profile multiple times? This would make the bot more efficient, and reduce server calls.
And semi related, I know the bot currently doesn't appear to log profiles it has visited, but being able to skip profiles already previously ignored because they are private (if set to avoid private profiles) would also help the bot's efficiency. Maybe with a retry date to check if it becomes public.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points, so first trace the code that loads followed users and selects accounts from the provided list. Define done as avoiding navigation and repeat follow attempts for already-followed or own profiles, then determine how previously private profiles and retry dates should be stored and tested.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 32/100