From ceea0b4affa9e496813fb3bffc49b5ef3eea01b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Hellkamp <marc@gsites.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:51:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix: Keep most recent version of each post.

The date of a post is the boost date in case of a reblog. This is intentional, because popular (boosted) posts should move up again. This change ensures that we always display the most recent post/boost.
---
 src/sources.ts | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/sources.ts b/src/sources.ts
index 54df695..4a0c958 100644
--- a/src/sources.ts
+++ b/src/sources.ts
@@ -85,10 +85,14 @@ export async function fetchPosts(cfg: Config, onProgress: (progress: Progress) =
     const addOrReplacePost = (post: Post) => {
         const posts = progress.posts;
         const i = posts.findIndex(p => p.id === post.id)
-        if (i >= 0)
-            posts[i] = post
-        else
+        if(i < 0) {
+            // Add new posts to the end of the list
             posts.unshift(post)
+        } else if (posts[i].date < post.date) {
+            // If there are two posts with the same ID, keep the more recent one.
+            // This is so that posts appear more recent if they are boosted.
+            posts[i] = post
+        }
     }
 
     const fixLocalAcct = (domain: string, status: MastodonStatus): MastodonStatus => {