1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/app.js b/lib/app.js
index 22e1e0e..99ba776 100644
--- a/lib/app.js
+++ b/lib/app.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function App(sbot, config) {
   this.port = conf.port || 8027
   this.host = conf.host || 'localhost'
   this.msgFilter = conf.filter
+  this.showPrivates = conf.showPrivates == null ? true : conf.showPrivates
 
   var base = conf.base || '/'
   this.opts = {
@@ -687,9 +688,11 @@ App.prototype.filterMsg = function (msg, opts, cb) {
   var myId = self.sbot.id
   var author = msg.value && msg.value.author
   var filter = opts.filter || self.msgFilter
+  if (filter === 'all') return cb(null, true)
   var show = (filter !== 'invert')
-  if (filter === 'all'
-   || author === myId
+  var isPrivate = msg.value && typeof msg.value.content === 'string'
+  if (isPrivate && !self.showPrivates) return cb(null, !show)
+  if (author === myId
    || author === opts.feed
    || msg.key === opts.msgId) return cb(null, show)
   self.follows.getFollows(myId, function (err, follows) {