From 447ce3702cbf69f58463162e0a2273006b6cfc41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jan-Lukas Else <mail@jlelse.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:30:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Announce article if it contains "inReplyTo"

---
 actor.go | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/actor.go b/actor.go
index 503a6bc..54eb1c1 100644
--- a/actor.go
+++ b/actor.go
@@ -139,6 +139,18 @@ func (a *Actor) PostArticle(url string) error {
 	}
 	create["object"] = article
 	go a.sendToFollowers(create)
+	if article["inReplyTo"] != nil {
+		// Boost article if it contains "inReplyTo"
+		announce := make(map[string]interface{})
+		announce["@context"] = context()
+		announce["id"] = url + "#Announce"
+		announce["type"] = "Announce"
+		announce["object"] = url
+		announce["actor"] = a.iri
+		announce["to"] = []string{"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams#Public"}
+		announce["published"] = article["published"]
+		go a.sendToFollowers(announce)
+	}
 	return nil
 }