Distingused / gilded ignore option.

.gitignore

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 *.cfg
 *.pyc
-.idea/
-bin/
-include/
-lib/
+.idea
+bin
+include
+lib
+env
+shreddit.conf
 __pycache__/

praw.ini.example

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+user = 
+pswd = 

shreddit.cfg.example

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Login details for Reddit. Fill out if you don't wish
 # to be prompted for a login every time you run Shreddit.
+### NOTE: This may be deprecated as you can specify in praw.ini instead
 username = 
 password =
 
@@ -42,3 +43,9 @@ trial_run = True
 # Don't delete but *do* edit, could prove... interesting to see a comment
 # with 5000 upvotes and it's just a lorem ipsum!
 edit_only = True
+
+# Ignore distinguished comments.
+ignore_distinguished = True
+
+# ignore gilded (gold) comments
+whitelist_gilded = True

shreddit.py

@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ clear_vote = config.getboolean('main', 'clear_vote')
 trial_run = config.getboolean('main', 'trial_run')
 edit_only = config.getboolean('main', 'edit_only')
 item = config.get('main', 'item')
-
+whitelist_distinguished = config.getboolean('main', 'whitelist_distinguished')
+whitelist_gilded = config.getboolean('main', 'whitelist_gilded')
 _user = config.get('main', 'username')
 _pass = config.get('main', 'password')
 
@@ -73,7 +74,8 @@ def login(user=None, password=None):
     except RateLimitExceeded as e:
         raise RateLimitExceeded("You're doing that too much.", e)
 
-login(user=_user, password=_pass)
+if not r.is_logged_in():
+    login(user=_user, password=_pass)
 
 if verbose:
     print("Logged in as {user}".format(user=r.user))
@@ -118,7 +120,14 @@ for thing in things:
        thing.id in whitelist_ids:
         continue
 
-    if not trial_run:
+    if trial_run:
+        # Don't actually perform any actions
+        next
+    if whitelist_distinguished and item.distinguished:
+        next
+    if whitelist_gilded and thing.gilded:
+        next
+
     if clear_vote:
         thing.clear_vote()
     if isinstance(thing, Submission):