@DJGummikuh it's a bad solution that will be abused by bad actors to harm vulnerable people, and it takes control of my content (in this case, personal hashtags and photos of my naked body) out of my control.

@DJGummikuh we already have opt-in solutions for that. I'm registered with like a dozen of my most-used hashtags on multiple discoverability services.

But I chose those.

I chose to be listed as someone who talks about data privacy, LGBTQ topics, etc.

No one assumed I'd be okay with being listed there.

@anyia I use "please don't dogpile" as a shorthand for "please don't be shitty to this person just because I'm calling them out for some behavior". It doesn't preclude things like challenging them, agreeing (or disagreeing) with things I've said, boosting, etc.

Just please be kind to folx—even if you think their position is bad.

My one exception to this is the paradox of tolerance. If they break the social contract, then they're no longer protected by it either.

@DJGummikuh opt-in to new "services" can't be assumed.

Just because I'm, say, open to flirting, doesn't mean that each new person doesn't have to get consent to do it.

@DJGummikuh seems like there should be an efficient way to semi-anonymously broadcast that a server has specific hashtags, and if a user on a single-user instance follows that hashtag, then their instance would know which servers it has to poll to get posts with that tag.

@fullywoolly sure thing

@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

@xyhhx gotta give him that one.

@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 ).

@Chloeg glad I could help

@MarkBrigham search up a user from their domain, open the dot menu, select block server, confirm.

Today, an unknown bot swarm started using my name, boosting my posts, and inserting itself into communities I helped create. I treated it like any other potential attack and started defending myself and our communities as best I could. This has taken up more of my day than most malicious bot attacks, because it had the air of legitimacy—despite taking the actions of a threat.

When the owner, @evan ¹, came in with the same justifications as the porn-scrapers and LLM-owners I regularly fight against—repeatedly doubling-down in the face of backlash²—I felt more and more sure of my response.

I now feel justified in calling for a #FediBlock of tags.pub (and probably his other projects), at least until a better opt-in consent model is built into the project.

¹ I'm including his name as he's a public figure associated with Activity Pub, and our whole conversation today is already a public record, but please don't dogpile; just defed or block as you see fit and call it a night (or day—I'm not your mom).

² Receipts: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/116824281370893420

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@feedyourrobot you're welcome.

@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.

@Unixbigot an issue to be sure, but I don't think opt-out bot swarms are the answer.

@kirtai

@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.

@Overgoddess I also just discovered that they don't honor the opt-outs.

@tiefling

@mkljczk wow, reading that thread makes it even worse!

@fissile I blocked them on @AltAfterDark too.

@bastetandptah

#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

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