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I updated my Fediverse handle about 8 months ago: marchof/javabubble@6e6ed96

The bot is still posting my old handle:
https://masto.ai/@javabubble/110836943227366961

In case of an empty db the bot will broadcast all accounts received. If it receives 1000 accounts then that is what it will announce afterwards. It is clearly not the intention in a clean db - and also - it is likely not what we want for any large enough numbers (it could indicate an anormaly in the source).

Update the "announce new accounts" feature such that it only announces up until 20 accounts. Anything above should just be stored - but not tooted. Granted, more than this amount could be received ... but in that case we will survive without spamming the fediverse anyways.

Thanks for the development of this bot, @moelholm. But unfortunately nothing has been going on for several years and the bot is constantly spreading false information in the Fediverse (see #32). That's a shame, because if it didn't post outdated handles, it would be very helpful.

But by spreading false, outdated Mastodon handles, users get confused and subscribe to old, defunct accounts and think, this person or group is now inactive on Mastodon. But that is not the case. And they don't know it. As there are more and more people who have switched instances, more and more people are affected. The bot directs users to accounts that have been closed. So today, the bot is doing more harm than good.

Prepare the solution for generic follower feeds.

The Bot is no longer "Java Bubble" only. The README, however, still only documents it in terms of Java.

Clean it up - documenting how it is used for the Java Bubble and AWS Bubble variants (and potentially other)

Source: Broadcast

Example:

TIP! You can download files with at least [x] mastodon accounts from [y]. They
are designed to be imported into your mastodon account as "Following lists". 
Importing a "Following list" is a very effective way to quickly build up a network
here on mastodon.

On behalf of the [a] community: A big thank you to [b] for maintaining this source 👏🏼

(I am using this source myself 🤗)

With the AWS Bubble introduction a new property was introduced: ITEM_SOURCES. To streamline the configuration experience the Java Bubble variant should be updated to fetch its configuration source from that instead.