<![CDATA[#PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags.]]>: 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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cfde3bc7-9508-45d7-971d-ae1624252480/psa-y-all-might-want-to-block-or-defed-tags.pub-and-tagpush.app-domain-because-they-re-bot-boosting-anything-with-hashtags.RSS for NodeMon, 29 Jun 2026 08:43:25 GMTSat, 27 Jun 2026 20:59:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:51:18 GMT]]>@alice following hashtags only works if your instance already knows this toot by other means. There is no hashtag based push.
This works good enough on big insurances, but following hashtags is near useless on single user instances.
Yes, the notifications might be annoying, but I see a good reason for this service to exist.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mxk/statuses/116826169557179969https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mxk/statuses/116826169557179969Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:51:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:43:44 GMT]]>@alice The whack-a-mole begins. Off to the block list

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116826139813283943https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.infrageeks.social/users/erik/statuses/116826139813283943Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:43:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:34:46 GMT]]>@alice i should've just logged into my treehouse alt....

@Unixbigot @kirtai

https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/116825829795599516

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826104589962348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826104589962348Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:34:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:22:48 GMT]]>@alice @Unixbigot @kirtai oki it will forever remain a mystery

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826057520856172https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826057520856172Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:22:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:22:07 GMT]]>@fullywoolly sure thing 😊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826054819128489https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826054819128489Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:22:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:20:49 GMT]]>@xyhhx dunno, but apparently relays can use other relays. I'm just a pretty (obscured) face here; I leave the tech stuff to the other admins.

@Unixbigot @kirtai

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826049684157731https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826049684157731Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:20:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:18:31 GMT]]>@alice cool thanks. Didn't realize I could block a whole domain. Super helpful!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fullywoolly/statuses/116826040649096671https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fullywoolly/statuses/116826040649096671Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:18:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:16:30 GMT]]>@xyhhx gotta give him that one.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826032704651198https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826032704651198Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:16:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:16:02 GMT]]>@alice can't you use like remote instances as relays? or is that only with some software? if any?

@Unixbigot @kirtai

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826030870570241https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826030870570241Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:16:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:15:59 GMT]]>@fullywoolly nope, you can search up any account on those domains, then click the menu and instead of "block account@domain" choose "block domain", then confirm.

Just be careful, as it will sever any connections like follows/followers on that domain (which I don't think is a problem here 😋).

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826030689009890https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116826030689009890Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:14:02 GMT]]>@alice lmao at him proactively tell u what else u should block

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826023022451258https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://438punk.house/users/xyhhx/statuses/116826023022451258Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:14:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:12:40 GMT]]>@alice what an asshole ... Is blocking those domains something only admins can do?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fullywoolly/statuses/116826017679587540https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fullywoolly/statuses/116826017679587540Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:12:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:12:12 GMT]]>@h3mmy @alice

Seems to be attempting to solve the "problem" of not enough corporate spying on the fediverse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/fennix/statuses/116826015836561293https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.space/users/fennix/statuses/116826015836561293Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:12:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:47:37 GMT]]>@Chloeg glad I could help 😊

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116825919133769126https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116825919133769126Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:47:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:44:13 GMT]]>@Unixbigot @alice @kirtai But also FFS he's part of the SWICG. He can solve it at a standards level (it'll take time, sure), instead of doing weird hacks like this that don't solve anything at all.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/teohhanhui/statuses/116825905770460802https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/teohhanhui/statuses/116825905770460802Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:44:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:35:25 GMT]]>@alice FINALLY an explanation of what those annoying things are. Thank you. The tags started appearing on some posts a few days ago and I guessed it was some kind of fuckery.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Chloeg/statuses/116825871194321995https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.art/users/Chloeg/statuses/116825871194321995Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:35:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:34:45 GMT]]>@MarkBrigham search up a user from their domain, open the dot menu, select block server, confirm.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116825868593690444https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/alice/statuses/116825868593690444Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:34:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:11:46 GMT]]>@MarkBrigham @alice in your profile is supposed to work. Super dickwad move on their part, though. We shouldn’t have to opt-out of their unasked-for “service."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/yamainu/statuses/116825778221218792https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/yamainu/statuses/116825778221218792Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:11:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:06:22 GMT]]>@BalooUriza uh fedibuzz isn’t great either. They use the streaming endpoint in a way that it wasn’t designed for, without the consent of the server admins, federating posts to servers that the origin doesn’t know about (often from other servers), and thus things like edits and deletes don’t know to be sent to those servers that got posts from fedibuzz relays. And when the unauthenticated streaming access was closed in mastodon, they asked regular users to “donate” api keys for their servers to continue doing this. I’d argue that fedi buzz is worse than a boost bot because the users dont even know their posts are being rebroadcast in this way
@alice

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raphus.social/users/rrgeorge/statuses/116825756932056477https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://raphus.social/users/rrgeorge/statuses/116825756932056477Sun, 28 Jun 2026 04:06:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:59:40 GMT]]>@alice How to (as a user, not a host)

That’s my biggest hurdle

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/MarkBrigham/statuses/116825730628454867https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://universeodon.com/users/MarkBrigham/statuses/116825730628454867Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:59:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:59:15 GMT]]>@alice So I wasn't aware of these servers, but my server very much was. Defederating purged 92 contacts from my database. It's usually two or three.]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-706a-409c-13b1-f9a165639624https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.jlamothe.net/objects/c35d279b-706a-409c-13b1-f9a165639624Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:57:12 GMT]]>@bedast for sure Evan seems skeevy AF here.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/lizzierose/statuses/116825720890673323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/lizzierose/statuses/116825720890673323Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:57:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:54:29 GMT]]>@alice I should re-enable boost notifications again. I would have caught it earlier today 🤦🏽‍♀️

I don't understand what problem this is trying to solve exactly, since we have hashtags and they can be followed by people that are interested in them 🤷🏽‍♀️

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/h3mmy/statuses/116825710249728377https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/h3mmy/statuses/116825710249728377Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:54:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #PSA: Y'all might want to block or defed tags.pub and tagpush.app domain, because they're bot-boosting anything with hashtags. on Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:52:34 GMT]]>@mxjaygrant @alice

Perhaps just watch his dns registrations and block the list automatically? 😉

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/doctormo/statuses/116825702673278831https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://floss.social/users/doctormo/statuses/116825702673278831Sun, 28 Jun 2026 03:52:34 GMT