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+++ b/local
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c8e9d7fd7ae0fe04921fdcf85e11fc9c0c324958
diff --git a/retootbot.py b/retootbot.py
index 69cee89..c4a9917 100644
--- a/retootbot.py
+++ b/retootbot.py
@@ -82,28 +82,23 @@ class RetootBot(object):
 
         # boost mentions
         retoots = []
-        try:
-            for notification in self.m.notifications():
-                if (notification['type'] == 'mention'
-                        and notification['status']['id'] not in self.seen_toots):
-                    self.seen_toots.add(notification['status']['id'])
-                    text_content = re.sub(r'<[^>]*>', '',
-                                          notification['status']['content'])
-                    if not self.filter.is_ok(text_content):
-                        continue
-                    self.log('Boosting toot %d from %s: %s' % (
-                        notification['status']['id'],
-                        notification['status']['account']['acct'],
-                        notification['status']['content']))
-                    self.m.status_reblog(notification['status']['id'])
-                    retoots.append('%s: %s' % (
-                        notification['status']['account']['acct'],
-                        re.sub(r'@\S*', '', text_content)))
+        for notification in self.m.notifications():
+            if (notification['type'] == 'mention'
+                    and notification['status']['id'] not in self.seen_toots):
+                self.seen_toots.add(notification['status']['id'])
+                text_content = re.sub(r'<[^>]*>', '',
+                                      notification['status']['content'])
+                if not self.filter.is_ok(text_content):
+                    continue
+                self.log('Boosting toot from %s: %s' % (
+                    #notification['status']['id'],
+                    notification['status']['account']['acct'],
+                    notification['status']['content']))
+                self.m.status_reblog(notification['status']['id'])
+                retoots.append('%s: %s' % (
+                    notification['status']['account']['acct'],
+                    re.sub(r'@\S*', '', text_content)))
         # If the Mastodon instance returns interesting Errors, add them here:
-        except mastodon.MastodonAPIError:
-            self.log("There was a Mastodon API Error, probably the API is not available.")
-        except mastodon.MastodonNetworkError:
-            self.log("There was a Mastodon Network Error, could not reach the server.")
 
         # save state
         with os.fdopen(os.open('seen_toots.pickle.part', os.O_WRONLY | os.O_EXCL | os.O_CREAT), 'w') as f:
diff --git a/retweetbot.py b/retweetbot.py
index bc74066..9f9824e 100644
--- a/retweetbot.py
+++ b/retweetbot.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
                 return mentions
         except twitter.TwitterError:
             self.log("Twitter API Error: Rate Limit Exceeded.")
-            self.waitcounter += 60*15
+            self.waitcounter += 60*15 + 1
         except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
             self.log("Twitter API Error: Bad Connection.")
             self.waitcounter += 10
@@ -191,8 +191,8 @@ class RetweetBot(object):
 
         :param post: String with the text to tweet.
         """
-        if len(post) > 140:
-            post = post[:140 - 4] + u' ...'
+        if len(post) > 280:
+            post = post[:280 - 4] + u' ...'
         while 1:
             try:
                 self.api.PostUpdate(status=post)
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     try:
         while True:
             bot.flow()
-            sleep(10)
+            sleep(60)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print "Good bye! Remember to restart the bot."
     except:
         traceback.print_exc()
         print
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diff --git a/ticketfrei.py b/ticketfrei.py
index 266ef33..17461b6 100644
--- a/ticketfrei.py
+++ b/ticketfrei.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         while True:
             statuses = mbot.retoot(statuses)
             statuses = tbot.flow(statuses)
-            time.sleep(10)
+            time.sleep(60)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print "Good bye. Remember to restart the bot!"
     except:
         traceback.print_exc()
         tbot.shutdown()