diff --git a/src/domain/follow_change_aggregator.rs b/src/domain/follow_change_aggregator.rs
index 5be9720..7f8b071 100644
--- a/src/domain/follow_change_aggregator.rs
+++ b/src/domain/follow_change_aggregator.rs
@@ -84,23 +84,25 @@ impl<T: Clock> FollowChangeAggregator<T> {
             OrderMap::with_capacity(self.followee_maps.len() / MAX_FOLLOWERS_PER_MESSAGE);
 
         self.followee_maps.retain(|_followee, follow_change_map| {
-            let mut rate_limited = false;
+            let mut rate_limited_followee = false;
 
             // TODO: extract_if would have been great here, keep an eye on nightly
             let max_retention = &self.max_retention;
             let rate_limiter = &mut self.rate_limiter;
             follow_change_map.retain(|_follower, (inserted_at, follow_change)| {
-                rate_limited = collect_follow_change(
+                let (should_retain, is_followee_rate_limited) = collect_follow_change(
                     max_retention,
                     rate_limiter,
                     inserted_at,
                     &mut messages_map,
-                    rate_limited,
+                    rate_limited_followee,
                     follow_change,
                     &self.clock,
                 );
 
-                rate_limited
+                rate_limited_followee = is_followee_rate_limited;
+
+                should_retain
             });
 
             !follow_change_map.is_empty()
@@ -169,10 +171,10 @@ fn collect_follow_change<T: Clock>(
     rate_limiter: &mut FollowChangeRateLimiter<T>,
     inserted_at: &mut T::Instant,
     messages_map: &mut OrderMap<PublicKey, Vec<FollowChangeBatch>>,
-    rate_limited: bool,
+    is_followee_rate_limited: bool,
     follow_change: &mut FollowChange,
     clock: &T,
-) -> bool {
+) -> (bool, bool) {
     let followee = follow_change.followee;
     //let retained_for_too_long = inserted_at.elapsed() > *max_retention;
     let retained_for_too_long =
@@ -186,15 +188,8 @@ fn collect_follow_change<T: Clock>(
         .expect("Expected a non-empty batch for the followee");
 
     let current_message_has_room = latest_batch_for_followee.len() < MAX_FOLLOWERS_PER_MESSAGE;
-    let rate_limited = rate_limited || rate_limiter.check_key(&followee).is_err();
-
-    println!(
-        "rate_limited: {}, retained_for_too_long: {}, inserted_at_elapsed: {}, max retention: {}",
-        rate_limited,
-        retained_for_too_long,
-        Duration::from_nanos(clock.now().duration_since(*inserted_at).into()).as_secs(),
-        max_retention.as_secs()
-    );
+    let rate_limited = is_followee_rate_limited || rate_limiter.check_key(&followee).is_err();
+
     if !rate_limited || retained_for_too_long {
         let batch = if latest_batch_for_followee.is_empty()
             || (current_message_has_room && retained_for_too_long)
@@ -207,12 +202,11 @@ fn collect_follow_change<T: Clock>(
                 .expect("New batch should be available")
         };
 
-        println!("adding {} to batch", follow_change.follower);
         batch.add(follow_change.clone());
-        return false;
+        return (false, rate_limited);
     }
 
-    rate_limited
+    (true, rate_limited)
 }
 
 fn record_metrics(messages: &[FollowChangeBatch], retained_follow_changes: usize) {