diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock
index 5fcd913..2ec0827 100644
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
   "version": "2",
-  "remote": {},
+  "remote": {
+    "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/all.json": "9beb741e050f6eaeab2e4529517a68fd55f4cde98d9a5008c5ef5537e4d2ddb5",
+    "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/emoji.ts": "59baa579fead2ea631cde96aefa03689ee2f1241ab76398965eddc5c66096047",
+    "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/mod.ts": "733bed20d9489f91fd16823bc0bff4943d995d7f1fdae6fea458b3e0927bde96",
+    "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/types.ts": "5897345f500088c719a35388c5b192bc5d93fc2c13e37d94eafa8ff3480edd17",
+    "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/unicode.ts": "ac8079e8e1da66ae9e601c1fdd0e7641120c2b07ca7bd2875e65fe23e16e6199"
+  },
   "npm": {
     "specifiers": {
       "megalodon@5.0.6": "megalodon@5.0.6",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index dcea32a..3b3030a 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import generator, { Entity } from "npm:megalodon@5.0.6";
 import { Configuration, OpenAIApi } from "npm:openai@3.2.1";
+import * as emojiConverter from "https://deno.land/x/emoji@0.2.1/mod.ts";
 import config from "../config.ts";
 
 const fedi = generator.default(
@@ -57,7 +58,41 @@ function generatePostPrompt() {
     }, you would post on your personal Twitter account using the following format: {"username": "${config.character.username}", "name": "${config.character.name}", "content": [ALL POST CONTENT]}.`;
 }
 
-let respondedNotificationIds: string[] = JSON.parse(
+async function postStatus(
+    messagesArray: {
+        role: "system" | "assistant" | "user";
+        content: string;
+    }[],
+    visibility: "public" | "unlisted" | "private" | "direct",
+    reply_id?: string,
+) {
+    const response = await openai.createChatCompletion({
+        model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
+        messages: messagesArray,
+        temperature: 0.9,
+    });
+    const postContent = response.data.choices[0].message?.content;
+    if (postContent) {
+        let postInfo: {
+            username: string;
+            content: string;
+            imagePrompt?: string;
+        };
+        try {
+            postInfo = JSON.parse(postContent);
+            fedi.postStatus(emojiConverter.emojify(postInfo.content), {
+                visibility,
+                in_reply_to_id: reply_id,
+            });
+            lastPost = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
+            console.log("Posted post!");
+        } catch {
+            console.log("Failed to post post; will try again next time.");
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+const respondedNotificationIds: string[] = JSON.parse(
     Deno.readTextFileSync("_responded_notifs.json"),
 );
 
@@ -74,29 +109,7 @@ while (true) {
             role: "user",
             content: prompt,
         });
-        const response = await openai.createChatCompletion({
-            model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
-            messages: newMessages,
-            temperature: 0.9,
-        });
-        const postContent = response.data.choices[0].message?.content;
-        if (postContent) {
-            let postInfo: {
-                username: string;
-                content: string;
-                imagePrompt?: string;
-            };
-            try {
-                postInfo = JSON.parse(postContent);
-                fedi.postStatus(postInfo.content, {
-                    visibility: "private",
-                });
-                lastPost = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-                console.log("Posted post!");
-            } catch {
-                console.log("Failed to post post; will try again next time.");
-            }
-        }
+        await postStatus(newMessages, "public");
     }
 
     // Reply handling
@@ -157,47 +170,21 @@ while (true) {
                             newMessages.push({
                                 role: "user",
                                 content:
-                                    `{"username": ${status.account.username}@${
+                                    `{"username": "${status.account.username}@${
                                         new URL(status.account.url).host
                                     }, "name": "${status.account.display_name}", "content": "${status.plain_content}"}`,
                             });
                         }
                     }
-                    console.log(newMessages);
-                    const response = await openai.createChatCompletion({
-                        model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
-                        messages: newMessages,
-                        temperature: 0.9,
-                    });
-                    const postContent = response.data.choices[0].message
-                        ?.content;
-                    console.log(postContent);
-                    if (postContent) {
-                        let postInfo: {
-                            username: string;
-                            content: string;
-                            imagePrompt?: string;
-                        };
-                        try {
-                            postInfo = JSON.parse(postContent);
-                            fedi.postStatus(postInfo.content, {
-                                visibility: status.visibility,
-                                in_reply_to_id: notif.status?.id,
-                            });
-                            lastPost = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-                            console.log("Posted post!");
-                            respondedNotificationIds.push(notif.id);
-                        } catch (e) {
-                            console.log(
-                                "Failed to post post; will try again next time.\n" +
-                                    e,
-                            );
-                        }
-                    }
+                    await postStatus(
+                        newMessages,
+                        status.visibility,
+                        notif.status?.id,
+                    );
                 } else {
                     // assume top-level
                     const prompt =
-                        `Reply to the following Tweet from your own account: {"username": ${status.account.username}@${
+                        `Reply to the following Tweet from your own account: {"username": "${status.account.username}@${
                             new URL(status.account.url).host
                         }, "name": "${status.account.display_name}", "content": "${status.plain_content}"}. Use the same JSON schema.`;
                     const newMessages: {
@@ -208,35 +195,11 @@ while (true) {
                         role: "user",
                         content: prompt,
                     });
-                    const response = await openai.createChatCompletion({
-                        model: "gpt-3.5-turbo",
-                        messages: newMessages,
-                        temperature: 0.9,
-                    });
-                    const postContent = response.data.choices[0].message
-                        ?.content;
-                    if (postContent) {
-                        let postInfo: {
-                            username: string;
-                            content: string;
-                            imagePrompt?: string;
-                        };
-                        try {
-                            postInfo = JSON.parse(postContent);
-                            fedi.postStatus(postInfo.content, {
-                                visibility: status.visibility,
-                                in_reply_to_id: status.id,
-                            });
-                            lastPost = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000);
-                            console.log("Posted post!");
-                            respondedNotificationIds.push(notif.id);
-                        } catch (e) {
-                            console.log(
-                                "Failed to post post; will try again next time.\n" +
-                                    e,
-                            );
-                        }
-                    }
+                    await postStatus(
+                        newMessages,
+                        status.visibility,
+                        status.id,
+                    );
                 }
             } else {
                 respondedNotificationIds.push(notif.id);