some abstraction and I'm gonna kill myself

src/util.ts

@@ -34,6 +34,34 @@ const recordPendingResponse = async (notification: Notification) => {
   }
 };
 
+const shouldContinue = (notification: Notification) => {
+  // wow this is bad
+  try {
+    const { botAccountId } = envConfig;
+    const statusContent = trimInputData(notification.status.content);
+    if (
+      notification.status.visibility !== "private" &&
+      !notification.account.bot &&
+      notification.type === "mention"
+    ) {
+      if (notification.status.in_reply_to_account_id === botAccountId) {
+        return true;
+      } else if (
+        notification.status.in_reply_to_account_id !== botAccountId &&
+        statusContent.includes("Lexi")
+      ) {
+        return true;
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    }
+  } catch (error: unknown) {
+    if (error instanceof Error) {
+      throw new Error(error.message);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
 const isFromWhitelistedDomain = (notification: Notification): boolean => {
   try {
     const domain = notification.status.account.fqn.split("@")[1];
@@ -76,4 +104,5 @@ export {
   trimInputData,
   recordPendingResponse,
   isFromWhitelistedDomain,
+  shouldContinue,
 };