Redundant logic

follow.py

@@ -138,12 +138,6 @@ def isFollowingActor(baseDir: str,
         return False
     if actor.lower() in open(followingFile).read().lower():
         return True
-    if '@' in actor and '://' not in actor:
-        # the actor is a handle: nickname@domain
-        followingHandle = actor.lower()
-        if followingHandle in open(followingFile).read().lower():
-            return True
-        return False
     followingNickname = getNicknameFromActor(actor)
     if not followingNickname:
         print('WARN: unable to find nickname in ' + actor)