From 5a3fb52380e8af21d866d2f90182ff0e93ad890a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Socks <me@sockspls.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 17:00:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Don't post status if content is blank

---
 backend/timeline.py | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backend/timeline.py b/backend/timeline.py
index 6df2e3c..1936774 100644
--- a/backend/timeline.py
+++ b/backend/timeline.py
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ timeline_db = db.statuses
 
 
 def post_status(username, content, private=False, replyTo=False, location=False):
+    if not content: # Don't let people post blank posts
+        return
+
     currentTimeDate = datetime.datetime.now()
     account_object = accounts_db.find_one({'username': username.lower()})
     accounts_mentioned = []