diff --git a/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_streams.py b/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_streams.py
index 04f6bf6e2..f8aa21a52 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_streams.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_streams.py
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 """ Re-create user streams """
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
-import redis
-
-from bookwyrm import activitystreams, models, settings
-
-r = redis.Redis(
-    host=settings.REDIS_ACTIVITY_HOST, port=settings.REDIS_ACTIVITY_PORT, db=0
-)
+from bookwyrm import activitystreams, models
 
 
 def populate_streams():
diff --git a/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_suggestions.py b/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_suggestions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32495497e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/management/commands/populate_suggestions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+""" Populate suggested users """
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from bookwyrm import models
+from bookwyrm.suggested_users import rerank_suggestions_task
+
+
+def populate_suggestions():
+    """build all the streams for all the users"""
+    users = models.User.objects.filter(
+        local=True,
+        is_active=True,
+    ).values_list("id", flat=True)
+    for user in users:
+        rerank_suggestions_task.delay(user)
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """start all over with user suggestions"""
+
+    help = "Populate suggested users for all users"
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,unused-argument
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """run builder"""
+        populate_suggestions()
diff --git a/bookwyrm/management/commands/ratings_bot.py b/bookwyrm/management/commands/ratings_bot.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57cd84999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bookwyrm/management/commands/ratings_bot.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+""" we have the goodreads ratings......... """
+from datetime import datetime
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+from django.utils import timezone
+from bookwyrm import models
+
+
+def get_ratings():
+    """find and set ratings based on goodreads import lines"""
+    import_items = models.ImportItem.objects.filter(book__isnull=False).all()
+    user = models.User.objects.get(localname="goodreads-average-ratings")
+    for item in import_items:
+        rating = item.data.get("Average Rating")
+        if (
+            not rating
+            or models.ReviewRating.objects.filter(user=user, book=item.book).exists()
+        ):
+            continue
+        models.ReviewRating.objects.create(
+            user=user,
+            rating=float(rating),
+            book=item.book.edition,
+            published_date=timezone.make_aware(datetime(2000, 1, 1)),  # long ago
+            privacy="followers",
+        )
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    """dedplucate allllll the book data models"""
+
+    help = "merges duplicate book data"
+    # pylint: disable=no-self-use,unused-argument
+    def handle(self, *args, **options):
+        """run deudplications"""
+        get_ratings()
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index c2b63bc17..0b583083c 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ case "$CMD" in
     populate_streams)
         runweb python manage.py populate_streams
         ;;
+    populate_suggestions)
+        runweb python manage.py populate_suggestions
+        ;;
     *)
-        echo "Unrecognised command. Try: build, clean, up, initdb, resetdb, makemigrations, migrate, bash, shell, dbshell, restart_celery, test, pytest, test_report, black, populate_feeds"
+        echo "Unrecognised command. Try: build, clean, up, initdb, resetdb, makemigrations, migrate, bash, shell, dbshell, restart_celery, test, pytest, test_report, black, populate_streams, populate_suggestions"
         ;;
 esac