From fd6aa64d3f4af89c9075e8be359cc9b87487827d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bryan newbold <bnewbold@robocracy.org>
Date: Sat, 11 May 2024 12:55:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] nostr: don't have account age

---
 automod/rules/example_sets.json |  3 +++
 automod/rules/nostr.go          | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/automod/rules/example_sets.json b/automod/rules/example_sets.json
index 37088852..1d741a38 100644
--- a/automod/rules/example_sets.json
+++ b/automod/rules/example_sets.json
@@ -14,5 +14,8 @@
     ],
     "promo-domain": [
         "buy-crypto.example.com"
+    ],
+    "trivial-spam-text": [
+        "spam"
     ]
 }
diff --git a/automod/rules/nostr.go b/automod/rules/nostr.go
index 5c33b18e..bcb03799 100644
--- a/automod/rules/nostr.go
+++ b/automod/rules/nostr.go
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ var _ automod.PostRuleFunc = NostrSpamPostRule
 
 // looks for new accounts, which frequently post the same type of content
 func NostrSpamPostRule(c *automod.RecordContext, post *appbsky.FeedPost) error {
-	if c.Account.Private == nil || c.Account.Identity == nil {
+	if c.Account.Identity == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
-	// TODO: helper for account age; and use public info for this (not private)
-	age := time.Since(c.Account.Private.IndexedAt)
-	if age > 2*24*time.Hour {
-		return nil
+
+	// often don't have private metadata for these accounts right after creation
+	if c.Account.Private != nil {
+		// TODO: helper for account age; and use public info for this (not private)
+		age := time.Since(c.Account.Private.IndexedAt)
+		if age > 2*24*time.Hour {
+			return nil
+		}
 	}
 
 	// is this a bridged nostr account? if not, bail out
-- 
2.51.2