Do not try to guess why home timeline is empty in web UI (#5370)

* Do not try to guess why home timeline is empty in web UI

* Fix style issue

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/index.js
index be1e2d78c..a4bc60fac 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/index.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/home_timeline/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const messages = defineMessages({
 
 const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   hasUnread: state.getIn(['timelines', 'home', 'unread']) > 0,
-  hasFollows: state.getIn(['accounts_counters', state.getIn(['meta', 'me']), 'following_count']) > 0,
 });
 
 @connect(mapStateToProps)
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ export default class HomeTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
     dispatch: PropTypes.func.isRequired,
     intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
     hasUnread: PropTypes.bool,
-    hasFollows: PropTypes.bool,
     columnId: PropTypes.string,
     multiColumn: PropTypes.bool,
   };
@@ -60,17 +58,9 @@ export default class HomeTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
   }
 
   render () {
-    const { intl, hasUnread, hasFollows, columnId, multiColumn } = this.props;
+    const { intl, hasUnread, columnId, multiColumn } = this.props;
     const pinned = !!columnId;
 
-    let emptyMessage;
-
-    if (hasFollows) {
-      emptyMessage = <FormattedMessage id='empty_column.home.inactivity' defaultMessage='Your home feed is empty. If you have been inactive for a while, it will be regenerated for you soon.' />;
-    } else {
-      emptyMessage = <FormattedMessage id='empty_column.home' defaultMessage="You aren't following anyone yet. Visit {public} or use search to get started and meet other users." values={{ public: <Link to='/timelines/public'><FormattedMessage id='empty_column.home.public_timeline' defaultMessage='the public timeline' /></Link> }} />;
-    }
-
     return (
       <Column ref={this.setRef}>
         <ColumnHeader
@@ -91,7 +81,7 @@ export default class HomeTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
           scrollKey={`home_timeline-${columnId}`}
           loadMore={this.handleLoadMore}
           timelineId='home'
-          emptyMessage={emptyMessage}
+          emptyMessage={<FormattedMessage id='empty_column.home' defaultMessage='Your home timeline is empty! Visit {public} or use search to get started and meet other users.' values={{ public: <Link to='/timelines/public'><FormattedMessage id='empty_column.home.public_timeline' defaultMessage='the public timeline' /></Link> }} />}
         />
       </Column>
     );