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hodgesmr / mastodon_digest

A Python script that aggregates recent popular posts from your Mastodon timeline
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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Provide functionality to publish a digest as boosts (a "bot" mode) #34

Closed RichardMN closed 1 year ago

RichardMN commented 1 year ago

This PR extends the config file #31 and provides an additional option (on the command line or in the config file) to let the code be run in "bot" mode, where instead of preparing an HTML digest of toots, it simply boosts the toots which it would otherwise include in the digest. This makes for a simple way of running a digest bot (or ICYMI), which can largely be managed by editing the follows (accounts and hashtags, as well as blocks and mutes) of the bot account.

Instructions to run the code on a scheduled basis are not provided. I still prefer to run it by hand a few times a day on the @icmyi_adn@botsin.space bot.

hodgesmr commented 1 year ago

I think this PR is out of scope for this repository. I'm keeping this as a tool to generate the HTML digest. However, I think you've got a neat fork here for bots, and I encourage you to fork and run with that project!