[GH-ISSUE #313] Recommended Profile Filtering Change #725

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opened 2026-03-13 22:26:43 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-13 22:26:43 +03:00

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Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Apr 8, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/313

In actions_impl.py

Change line 17-18:

from:

FOLLOW_REGEX = 'Follow|Follow Back'
ALREADY_FOLLOWING_REGEX = 'Following|Requested'

to:

FOLLOW_REGEX = 'Follow'
ALREADY_FOLLOWING_REGEX = 'Following|Requested|Follow Back'

This will prevent bot from following then unfollowing people who are already following you which might cause them to then unfollow you (only works if skip following filter is set). Instagram sorts lists by connections so chance of your followers being towards the top of the list is high so this is important.

Would be nice to see an actual filter built in for next version.

Originally created by @ghost on GitHub (Apr 8, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/alexal1/Insomniac/issues/313 In actions_impl.py Change line 17-18: from: ``` FOLLOW_REGEX = 'Follow|Follow Back' ALREADY_FOLLOWING_REGEX = 'Following|Requested' ``` to: ``` FOLLOW_REGEX = 'Follow' ALREADY_FOLLOWING_REGEX = 'Following|Requested|Follow Back' ``` This will prevent bot from following then unfollowing people who are already following you which might cause them to then unfollow you (only works if skip following filter is set). Instagram sorts lists by connections so chance of your followers being towards the top of the list is high so this is important. Would be nice to see an actual filter built in for next version.