From cd1fc091cb1d2e8cea1c0ad20590d2710600d185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael <heluecht@pirati.ca>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:18:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Only remove when "acct:" is the beginning

---
 mod/follow.php | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mod/follow.php b/mod/follow.php
index 9ecfdd8760..ba4ff35f19 100644
--- a/mod/follow.php
+++ b/mod/follow.php
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ function follow_content(App $a)
 	$url = Strings::escapeTags(trim(defaults($_REQUEST, 'url', '')));
 
 	// Issue 6874: Allow remote following from Peertube
-	$url = str_replace('acct:', '', $url);
+	if (strpos($url, 'acct:') === 0) {
+		$url = str_replace('acct:', '', $url);
+	}
 
 	if (!$url) {
 		$a->internalRedirect($return_path);