Fix issue where users sometimes cannot see their own posts

[danieldaquino]

Summary

Sometimes users would not see their own posts on the home timeline after posting.

The issue was that there was a filter being applied to the home timeline that would hide their own posts if they did not follow themselves (which I confirmed was the case for the users who recently reported the issue)

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Test report

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Device: iPhone simulator

iOS: 26

Damus: c035cee

Steps:

1. Unfollow self
2. Post something
3. Check if it appears on the home timeline

Results:

• PASS

Note: Also verified that problem was reproducible before the change using the same procedure

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Bug Fixes
  • Updated the contact filter to now include the user's own posts alongside posts from contacts, improving content visibility.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

⚙️ Run configuration

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Review profile: CHILL

Plan: Pro

Run ID: be48a5b6-f9c2-43be-9e95-439540745cf7

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 06e4fa2 and c035cee.

📒 Files selected for processing (1)

• damus/Features/Follows/Models/Contacts.swift

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The friend_filter in the Contacts model is updated to include events authored by the user in addition to events from friend accounts. The filter predicate changes from is_friend(ev.pubkey) to is_friend_or_self(ev.pubkey), with documentation clarifying this behavior.

Changes

Friend Filter Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Include self in friend filter damus/Features/Follows/Models/Contacts.swift	The friend_filter predicate is updated from is_friend(ev.pubkey) to is_friend_or_self(ev.pubkey) to include the user's own events alongside friend account events, with documentation added.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~5 minutes

Poem

🐰 A filter grows with gentle care,
Self and friends now both are there,
One small change, a logic shift—
User events get added as a gift! 🎁

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5

✅ Passed checks (5 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately summarizes the main change—fixing the issue where users cannot see their own posts in the home timeline.
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Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	Docstring coverage is 100.00% which is sufficient. The required threshold is 80.00%.
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