#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
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@alice Especially when fedi.buzz exists and actually does things in a non-stupid, opt-in way...
@BalooUriza and like, I'm fine with trending bots (somewhat) if they're the kind that asks to follow popular accounts or instances, then boosts the trending posts. At least I can decline those as followers, or let respectful ones follow me.
These "services" that hoover up everything with a tag or anything in the public timeline are often invisible until one of them (or a follower of mine) tips me off to their existence.
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice I noticed all my tags get boosted this evening, something I'd not noticed before. Now I know why! Thanks!
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Something that was already fixed quite nicely by fedigroups (and formerly by a.gup.pe before that was killed)
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@Unixbigot an issue to be sure, but I don't think opt-out bot swarms are the answer.
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@BalooUriza and like, I'm fine with trending bots (somewhat) if they're the kind that asks to follow popular accounts or instances, then boosts the trending posts. At least I can decline those as followers, or let respectful ones follow me.
These "services" that hoover up everything with a tag or anything in the public timeline are often invisible until one of them (or a follower of mine) tips me off to their existence.
@alice I tend to go with recommending fedi.buzz because it works as a relay or you can follow individual tags or instances, and they only include Public posts (not unlisted or friends only like the problematic bot above) and honors #nobot and similar schemes. Like, you have to opt to post public and you're still able to opt out of it even if you do (making it so it's both opt-in and you can also tell it to fuck off).
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@alice I tend to go with recommending fedi.buzz because it works as a relay or you can follow individual tags or instances, and they only include Public posts (not unlisted or friends only like the problematic bot above) and honors #nobot and similar schemes. Like, you have to opt to post public and you're still able to opt out of it even if you do (making it so it's both opt-in and you can also tell it to fuck off).
We tend to block followbots and bridges that aren't #FediBuzz or #BridgyFed for this reason (and reduplication, storage is expensive yo).
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Team "minimal surprises" which happens to be the same team for this
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@Overgoddess I also just discovered that they don't honor the opt-outs.
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice thanks for the heads-up. Have blocked them
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
Oh NOOO! May the blocking commence and thank you!
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@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social @autisticplushy@lgbtqia.space @alice@lgbtqia.space isn’t this evan promodou’s work tho
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice oh it's one of prodromo's projects, dude wouldn't understand consent if it bit him in the ass
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@Unixbigot @alice @kirtai The problem this is trying to solve is also already solved - in a much better way. You can add relays from relay.fedi.buzz with individual tags (and I think maybe other things?) and they'll just show up like regular posts, which you can interact with.
There are definitely still concerns, but...
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@autumn @Wizkid_alex a request to block these domains since the software doesn't respect user level domain blocks
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@alice Especially when fedi.buzz exists and actually does things in a non-stupid, opt-in way...
@BalooUriza @alice I agree! Anyone who doesn't want to use tags.pub should definitely use Fedibuzz. It's a great service.
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice@lgbtqia.space Thank you for the heads-up Alice, I have them added to my instance block-list.
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@alice@lgbtqia.space Thank you for the heads-up Alice, I have them added to my instance block-list.
@Jadus_Developus you're welcome. I figured if I was this appalled about something, there was a good chance folx I know would want to know and take action too.
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice Thanks Alice
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#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.
My recent underwear post has a boost for each hashtag on it, and fuck this bot using my AlicePics tag as a username to boost all my nudes.
People can already follow hashtags, we don't need an *opt-out* bot-swarm to make things more "discoverable".
I don't need *every* server to see my nudes. Just the ones who have my actual, human¹ followers on them.
Edit: the owner of tags.pub suggested we also block the rest of his domains: groups.pub, activitypub.bot, and onepage.pub
️¹ and furry
@alice blocked, and holy hell what a wild set of threads to get caught up on. Why can't we just have this one nice thing?
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@alice Thanks Alice
@feedyourrobot you're welcome.
