From a894410cadb2cbbcd2f993a554bfd7924b6d6b12 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Helio Loureiro <helio@loureiro.eng.br>
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 16:08:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Removing myself and my profiles from TT

---
 mastodon-toot-thursday.py | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mastodon-toot-thursday.py b/mastodon-toot-thursday.py
index 78f9f59..df7680f 100755
--- a/mastodon-toot-thursday.py
+++ b/mastodon-toot-thursday.py
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
 import json
 import argparse
 import sys
-from mastodon import Mastodon
+import re
 import random
+from mastodon import Mastodon
 
 
 HOME = os.getenv('HOME')
@@ -40,10 +41,13 @@ def doTheLottery(self):
 
         awardedList = []
         while tenPct > 0:
-            tenPct-=1
             winner = random.choice(self.followingList)
+            ## skip myself
+            if re.search("helioloureiro", winner):
+                continue
             awardedList.append(winner)
             self.followingList.remove(winner)
+            tenPct-=1
         print('Awarded:', awardedList)
         self.followingList = awardedList