checking for crawling boolean

poll/instance.go

@@ -149,16 +149,20 @@ func PollMastodonPleroma(endpoint string, reportPostChan chan ReportPost) {
 			if newpost.Id > min_id {
 				min_id = newpost.Id
 			}
-			newinstance := newpost.Account.Acct[at_sign+1:]
-			ri_mutex.Lock()
-			_, exists := runninginstances[newinstance]
-			if exists == false {
-				m := RunningInstance{}
-				runninginstances[newinstance] = m
-				go StartInstance(newinstance, reportPostChan)
-			}
 
-			ri_mutex.Unlock()
+			// Only done if we are crawling
+			if settings.Crawl == true {
+				newinstance := newpost.Account.Acct[at_sign+1:]
+				ri_mutex.Lock()
+				_, exists := runninginstances[newinstance]
+				if exists == false {
+					m := RunningInstance{}
+					runninginstances[newinstance] = m
+					go StartInstance(newinstance, reportPostChan)
+				}
+
+				ri_mutex.Unlock()
+			}
 		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Second * 10)
 	}