Add setting for an autofollowed account on signup

packages/backend/src/migration/1700686908916-add-autofollowed-account.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { MigrationInterface, QueryRunner } from "typeorm";
+
+export class AddAutofollowedAccount1700686908916 implements MigrationInterface {
+	name = "AddAutofollowedAccount1700686908916";
+
+	public async up(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(
+			`ALTER TABLE "meta" ADD "autofollowedAccount" character varying(128)`,
+		);
+	}
+
+	public async down(queryRunner: QueryRunner): Promise<void> {
+		await queryRunner.query(
+			`ALTER TABLE "meta" DROP COLUMN "autofollowedAccount"`,
+		);
+	}
+}

packages/backend/src/models/entities/meta.ts

@@ -518,4 +518,10 @@ export class Meta {
 		nullable: true,
 	})
 	public donationLink: string | null;
+
+	@Column("varchar", {
+		length: 64,
+		nullable: true,
+	})
+	public autofollowedAccount: string | null;
 }

packages/backend/src/server/api/common/signup.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { UsedUsername } from "@/models/entities/used-username.js";
 import { db } from "@/db/postgre.js";
 import config from "@/config/index.js";
 import { hashPassword } from "@/misc/password.js";
+import { fetchMeta } from "@/misc/fetch-meta.js";
+import follow from "@/services/following/create.js";
 
 export async function signup(opts: {
 	username: User["username"];
@@ -133,6 +135,20 @@ export async function signup(opts: {
 
 	const account = await Users.findOneByOrFail({ id: user.id });
 
+	const meta = await fetchMeta();
+
+	// If an autofollow account exists, follow it
+	if (meta.autofollowedAccount) {
+		const autofollowedAccount = await Users.findOneByOrFail({
+			usernameLower: meta.autofollowedAccount.toLowerCase(),
+			host: IsNull(),
+		});
+
+		if (autofollowedAccount) {
+			await follow(account, autofollowedAccount)
+		}
+	}
+
 	usersChart.update(account, true);
 	return { account, secret };
 }

packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/admin/meta.ts

@@ -430,6 +430,11 @@ export const meta = {
 				optional: true,
 				nullable: true,
 			},
+			autofollowedAccount: {
+				type: "string",
+				optional: true,
+				nullable: true,
+			},
 		},
 	},
 } as const;
@@ -536,5 +541,6 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		enableServerMachineStats: instance.enableServerMachineStats,
 		enableIdenticonGeneration: instance.enableIdenticonGeneration,
 		donationLink: instance.donationLink,
+		autofollowedAccount: instance.autofollowedAccount,
 	};
 });

packages/backend/src/server/api/endpoints/admin/update-meta.ts

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { insertModerationLog } from "@/services/insert-moderation-log.js";
 import { db } from "@/db/postgre.js";
 import define from "../../define.js";
 import { Metas } from "@/models/index.js";
+import { Users } from "@/models/index.js";
+
 
 export const meta = {
 	tags: ["admin"],
@@ -166,6 +168,7 @@ export const paramDef = {
 		enableServerMachineStats: { type: "boolean" },
 		enableIdenticonGeneration: { type: "boolean" },
 		donationLink: { type: "string", nullable: true },
+		autofollowedAccount: { type: "string", nullable: true },
 	},
 	required: [],
 } as const;
@@ -547,6 +550,14 @@ export default define(meta, paramDef, async (ps, me) => {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (ps.autofollowedAccount !== undefined) {
+		// Verify account exists and is a local account
+		const user = await Users.findOneBy({ username: ps.autofollowedAccount, host: null });
+		if (user) {
+			set.autofollowedAccount = user.username;
+		}
+	}
+
 	const meta = await Metas.findOne({
 		where: {},
 		order: {

packages/client/src/pages/admin/settings.vue

@@ -382,6 +382,22 @@
 								>
 							</FormInput>
 						</FormSection>
+
+						<FormSection>
+							<template #label>Auto-followed account</template>
+
+							<FormInput
+								v-model="autofollowedAccount"
+								class="_formBlock"
+							>
+								<template #prefix
+									><i class="ph-at ph-bold ph-lg"></i
+								></template>
+								<template #label
+									>Username</template
+								>
+							</FormInput>
+						</FormSection>
 					</div>
 				</FormSuspense>
 			</MkSpacer>
@@ -437,6 +453,7 @@ let defaultReaction: string = $ref("");
 let defaultReactionCustom: string = $ref("");
 let enableServerMachineStats: boolean = $ref(false);
 let enableIdenticonGeneration: boolean = $ref(false);
+let autofollowedAccount: string | null = $ref(null);
 
 async function init() {
 	const meta = await os.api("admin/meta");
@@ -478,6 +495,7 @@ async function init() {
 		: meta.defaultReaction;
 	enableServerMachineStats = meta.enableServerMachineStats;
 	enableIdenticonGeneration = meta.enableIdenticonGeneration;
+    autofollowedAccount = meta.autofollowedAccount;
 }
 
 function save() {
@@ -517,6 +535,7 @@ function save() {
 		defaultReaction,
 		enableServerMachineStats,
 		enableIdenticonGeneration,
+		autofollowedAccount,
 	}).then(() => {
 		fetchInstance();
 	});