From f5e2e96e958e3f9011da932b84af00ae7cefd561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Quint Guvernator <quint@guvernator.net>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:55:05 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] always allow DMs from staff (#8993)

---
 app/services/notify_service.rb | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/services/notify_service.rb b/app/services/notify_service.rb
index 63bf8f17ab..49022a844e 100644
--- a/app/services/notify_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/notify_service.rb
@@ -59,9 +59,14 @@ class NotifyService < BaseService
     @notification.target_status.in_reply_to_account_id == @recipient.id && @notification.target_status.thread&.direct_visibility?
   end
 
+  def from_staff?
+    @notification.from_account.local? && @notification.from_account.user.present? && @notification.from_account.user.staff?
+  end
+
   def optional_non_following_and_direct?
     direct_message? &&
       @recipient.user.settings.interactions['must_be_following_dm'] &&
+      !from_staff? &&
       !following_sender? &&
       !response_to_recipient?
   end
-- 
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