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+# at mention followers
+
+- [[pull]] [[agora bot]]
+  - at mentioning participants in threads I'm in should happen only when people have already followed the agora account
+    - potentially could be relaxed to people that have interacted with the agora account out of their own volition
+
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 		- [[posse]] [[pesos]]
 - [[push]] [[write]]
   - something with [[flancia collective]] for [[compost]]!
+- [[at mention followers]]
 
 ## [[2021-10-24]]
 - [[agora development]]