Index: src/routes/circle.js
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--- src/routes/circle.js	(revision 8ef8c3eac2476504a52ea0e74c93a6692330eecb)
+++ src/routes/circle.js	(revision 3384e9568740c62ed4f832fb8c0a77e7e7006915)
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 router.get('/cirkel', (req, res, next) => {
   const site = res.locals.site;
-  if (!site || !apEnabled() || ActivityPubService.autoBoostCount(site.slug) === 0) return next();
+  if (!site || !apEnabled() || (ActivityPubService.autoBoostCount(site.slug) === 0 && ActivityPubService.boostedCount(site.slug) === 0)) return next();
 
   const posts = ActivityPubService.getCirkelPosts(site.slug, 80).map((r) => {
