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A python snippet to check the list of the people you are following optimized to reduce requests on the API nodes.

• Repository: https://github.com/nnnarvaez/steem-check-following
• Project Name: Check your followee base

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It works nicely on the command line giving useful information.

672 | aytim           |    2.78 SP | posted    264 days ago, last voted:    264 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
673 | meridalionheart |    0.08 SP | posted     49 days ago, last voted:    117 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
674 | gersson         |   31.30 SP | posted    166 days ago, last voted:    166 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
675 | alxmuh          |    0.29 SP | posted    351 days ago, last voted:    343 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
676 | huslein.slash   |  187.86 SP | posted    159 days ago, last voted:    147 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
677 | aitrading.com   |    0.10 SP | posted    285 days ago, last voted:    285 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
678 | princesson      |    5.03 SP | posted     40 days ago, last voted:     40 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
679 | alphajiggy      |    0.08 SP | posted    130 days ago, last voted:    114 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
680 | rogaze          |    1.97 SP | posted     92 days ago, last voted:     87 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
681 | cuddleme        |    2.32 SP | posted    185 days ago, last voted:    178 days ago (LOOKS Dead)
682 | arlettekid      |    1.75 SP | posted     43 days ago, last voted:     39 days ago (LOOKS Dead)

Example output

Next steps maybe integrate into a discord bot to make it available for the non python wise (this will be done if there is feed back and interet from the community, and especially votes)

• It shows how many days ago the person you are following voted or posted, and tells you their SP, we have seen cases where accounts are abandoned and powered down those belong to vote rings and other nasty stuff.

• It also has a sub code set for following what you deem dead, this little program is specially useful when you are following thousands of authors.

• It is nicely inline commented so you know what each stage of the code and the different loops do.

• It throttles down initial node requests and then saves a local JSON file to work locally and avoid punching the nodes.

    # Let's get the user SP to see if he has not taken it all out
    # That is a good indicator he left
    
    followed_vs = float(str.split(u_r_following[followed]['vesting_shares'])[0])
    vestSteem = tvfs / tvs
    followed_sp = followed_vs * vestSteem      
    if delta_post > 10000:
        i = i + 1 # Increase the counter    
        print('{:003} | {:16}|{:8.02f}SP | never posted ( High SP = vote BOT or a Curator | Low SP = likely a fake account'.format(i,followed,followed_sp))    
    # Let's check for accounts that have gone dormant in the last X days 
    # (change l_c & l_v to fine tune)
    # Maybe a run of dormant during 60 days will give you a good indicator 
    # The user has left for good the platform.
    if delta_vote > l_v and l_c < delta_post < 10000: # looks dead to me
        i = i + 1 # Increase the counter
        print('{:003} | {:16}|{:8.02f} SP | posted {:6} days ago, last voted: {:6} days ago (LOOKS Dead)'.format(i,followed, followed_sp, delta_post,delta_vote))

    # Let's check for curators that never post but vote 
    # (sometimes these are fake accounts created to make small vote rings)
    # A good indicator this is a fake account would be that it is old and has almost no SP
    if delta_post > 10000:
            print('{:003} | {:16}|{:8.02f}SP | never posted ( High SP = vote BOT or a Curator | Low SP = likely a fake account'.format(followed,followed_sp))

GitHub Account

https://github.com/nnnarvaez