diff --git a/scl.py b/scl.py
index 5582254..3bf8fa4 100644
--- a/scl.py
+++ b/scl.py
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
             if existing_record.max_num_people < event["numPeople"]:
                 # Used to determine the maximum number of people affected by this outage, to determine if it's worth posting about
                 existing_record.max_num_people = event["numPeople"]
+            max_event_class = classify_event_size(existing_record.max_num_people)
 
             if updated_properties:
                 updated_properties.sort()
@@ -196,15 +197,20 @@ with Session(engine) as session:
                     )
                 updated_entries.append("")
                 updated_entries.append(hashtag_string)
-                post_result = mastodon.status_post(
-                    status="\n".join(updated_entries),
-                    in_reply_to_id=existing_record.most_recent_post_id,
-                    visibility="public",
-                    language="en",
-                )
-                existing_record.most_recent_post_id = post_result["id"]
+                if max_event_class["is_postable"] and existing_record.initial_post_id:
+                    post_result = mastodon.status_post(
+                        status="\n".join(updated_entries),
+                        in_reply_to_id=existing_record.most_recent_post_id,
+                        visibility="public",
+                        language="en",
+                    )
+                    existing_record.most_recent_post_id = post_result["id"]
+                elif max_event_class["is_postable"]:
+                    print(
+                        "This event would have been able to be posted, but someone didn't write the logic to do that for events that scaled up."
+                    )
 
-                session.commit()
+            session.commit()
 
         except NoResultFound:
             print("Existing record not found")