Mastodawn

@MichalBryxi also they provide a means to opt-out, add #NoBots to your bio (which to be fair, if you don't want automated stuff is a pretty common thing - most well ran ones respect that so may have other upside for you)

If your server is providing data to tags.pub, and you don't want your content to be boosted by tags.pub accounts, you can add the #NoTagsPub hashtag to your account bio. (If you've already got a #NoBots hashtag in your account bio, we'll also skip any boosts.)

Evan Prodromou 6d ago

Introducing tags.pub

tags.pub is a new service under development by the Social Web Foundation. It is a global hashtag server -- it lets you follow a hashtag across the Fediverse. There's lots of information on the tags.pub home page, and I (Evan) did a talk about tags.pub at FOSDEM 2026. This blog post answers some basics about tags.pub. To follow a hashtag globally, search for a user with that name at tags.pub, like @example for the #example hashtag. Follow that account, and it will share all the […]

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2026/03/17/introducing-tags-pub/

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Evan Prodromou 6d ago

@mlanger you can also put #NoTagsPub in your bio, or just block the tags.pub domain.

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FinchHaven sfba Mar 13

@formuchdeliberation

"for a while I was wondering why i'm getting all these boosts then i found this link..."

Saw this and had to perform due diligence and now have #NoTagsPub on my Profile, and I've Domain Blocked the entire @tags.pub domain

Was completely unsurprised to see Evan #MaxiFedi Prodromou all over the #Github pages -- he's never imagined a #Fediverse too big or one that shouldn't suck up anything any bright-eyed programmer can figure out how to vacuum up

So, yeah

Once again, thanks but no thanks

I'll curate my own content, thank you very much

See also, here: https://tags.pub/#optout