Am I overreacting? The server @tags.pub takes every of my toots that contain any hashtag, and boost it using an account that has the name of said hashtag.
If I want to follow a hashtag, there is native feature for that within mastodon / activity pub. So my knee jerk reaction is that this is some shady click harvesting. Or?
@MichalBryxiMichal Bryxí hi! I'm one of the authors of ActivityPub and the developer of tags.pub.
There is not a native ActivityPub way to follow a hashtag.
Following a hashtag in Mastodon only shows you everything with that tag that is shared by someone on your server, or someone that someone on your server follows.
The point of tags.pub is to follow hashtags globally.
If you don't want to participate, block away!
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116267151608352305 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)
