diff --git a/dto/user.py b/dto/user.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 65a3984..0000000
--- a/dto/user.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Generic User Data Transfer Object for social media platforms
-class User:
-    def __init__(self, username: str, created_utc: int, ):
-        self.username = username
-        self.created_utc = created_utc
-
-        # Optionals
-        self.karma = None
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diff --git a/server/connectors/base.py b/server/connectors/base.py
index 4bf81d4..06b6fb3 100644
--- a/server/connectors/base.py
+++ b/server/connectors/base.py
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from dto.post import Post
+import os
 
 
 class BaseConnector(ABC):
-    # Each subclass declares these at the class level
-    source_name: str  # machine-readable: "reddit", "youtube"
-    display_name: str  # human-readable: "Reddit", "YouTube"
-    required_env: list[str] = []  # env vars needed to activate
+    source_name: str  # machine readable
+    display_name: str  # human readablee
+    required_env: list[str] = []  
 
     search_enabled: bool
     categories_enabled: bool
 
     @classmethod
     def is_available(cls) -> bool:
-        """Returns True if all required env vars are set."""
-        import os
-
         return all(os.getenv(var) for var in cls.required_env)
 
     @abstractmethod