Bluesky-Unfollow-Inactive/README.md

Bluesky Unfollower

Based on this script.

This is a simple Python script to automatically unfollow inactive users on Bluesky and get a notification about it in a Telegram channel.

Getting started

Installation

1. Clone the repository:
   git clone https://git.dataprolet.de/dataprolet/Bluesky-Unfollow-Inactive.git
2. Install Python modules:
   python -m pip install atproto python-telegram-bot
3. Fill in the variables
4. Create a Telegram bot using the BotFather

Variables

handle: Your Bluesky handle e. g. user.bsky.social
password: Your Bluesky app password
BOT_TOKEN: Your Telegram bot BOT_TOKEN
CHAT_ID: Your Telegram bot's chat ID

The chat ID can be retrieved by opening https://api.telegram.org/bot{BOT_TOKEN}/getUpdates in a browser, send a message to the bot and get chat.id from the returning JSON.

Usage

Run the script with the following arguments:
python unfollow_inactive.py --dry --days 30

Arguments

Argument	Description
--dry	Dry run: Shows which users would be unfollowed without making any changes.
--prod	Production mode: Actually unfollows the inactive users.
--days	Number of days after which a user is considered inactive (default: 15).

Examples:

# Dry run: Show users inactive for 60 days
python unfollow_inactive.py --dry --days 60

# Production run: Unfollow users inactive for 30 days
python unfollow_inactive.py --prod --days 30