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The life of one post.
Every saved item is a mention — a post, a comment, or a reply — linked to the author who wrote it. Comments and replies are thread depth on the same post, not a new ring of people.
flowchart TD pub["Tracked account posts"] --> save["We save the post"] save --> c["We pull comments"] c --> r["We pull replies"] save --> sort{"About you?"} c --> sort r --> sort sort -->|No| hide["Stored, hidden"] sort -->|Yes| mood["Mood, people, topics"] mood --> story["Attached to a narrative"] mood --> media["Images / video handled"] mood --> follow{"Relevant commenter?"} follow -->|Yes| their["Next ring: their posts"]
| Item | Where it came from |
|---|---|
| Post | A tracked account (named by you, or discovered in a [[Rings |
| Comment | Someone reacting to that post. Same ring’s thread. |
| Reply | Someone reacting to a comment. Still the same thread. |
| Hidden mention | Collected, but judged off-topic. Still in the database; not in charts. |
| Kept mention | Scored for mood, tagged, grouped into a story. Only relevant commenters grow the next ring. Photos and video go through Image and video (faces, on-screen text, places, match to the author’s profile photo). |