Filter object has no attribute append error with my bot

for comment in r.subreddit('test').comments(limit = 500):

        if "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ" in comment.body and comment.id not in comments_replied_to and comment.author != r.user.me():

            print ("Rick Roll Found!") and comment.id
            comment.reply("Dont be fooled this link is a rick roll! Bleep Bleep Bloop Bloop I am a bot!")

            print("replied to comment") and comment.id

            comments_replied_to.append(comment.id)

            with open ("comments_replied_to.txt", "a"):
                f.write(comment.id + "\n")

print ("going to go sleep for 30 minutes")

#sleep for 30 minutes

time.sleep(1800)

def get_saved_comments():

if not os.path.isfile("comments_replied_to.txt"):

    comments_replied_to = []

else:

    with open("comments_replied_to.txt", "r") as f:

        comments_replied_to = f.read()

        comments_replied_to = comments_replied_to.split("\n")

        comments_replied_to = filter(None, comments_replied_to)

return comments_replied_to

r = bot_login()

comments_replied_to = get_saved_comments()

print (comments_replied_to)

while True:

run_bot(r, comments_replied_to)
/r/redditdev Thread